Behind the guns : the history of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery / Thaddeus C.S. Brown, Samuel J. Murphy, William G. Putney ; edited with a foreword by Clyde C. Walton ; preface by W.G. Putney.

Much has been written of the infantry and the cavalry during the Civil War, but little attention has been paid the artillery. Through the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge in 1863 and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 and with General Sherman's forces on the famous March to the Sea, the ac...

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Main Author: Brown, Thaddeus C. S., 1838-1927
Other Authors: Murphy, Samuel J., 1834-1918, Putney, William G., 1842-1919, Walton, Clyde C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2000.
Series:Shawnee classics.
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Summary:Much has been written of the infantry and the cavalry during the Civil War, but little attention has been paid the artillery. Through the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge in 1863 and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 and with General Sherman's forces on the famous March to the Sea, the acts of a courageous fighting group are vividly recounted in Behind the Guns: The History of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery. Originally published in 1965 in a limited edition, this regimental history of a light artillery unit was written by three of its soldiers, including.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxv, 180 pages) : illustrations, maps
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0585468311
9780585468310
9780809390373
080939037X
Reproduction Note:Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.
Action Note:digitized