From: cowan@ssrl01.slac.stanford.edu (P. L. Cowan)
Newsgroups: alt.war.civil.usa
Subject: Maps & Regimental Histories (was Re: Aiming at flagbearers.)
Date: 5 Sep 92 05:07:05 GMT
Organization: SSRL, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab

In article <1992Sep3.182652.426@leland.Stanford.EDU>, whale@leland.Stanford.EDU (Stephen Schmidt) writes:
[ss]  In article <Bu0vzI.4Gy@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> tbarnes@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (thomas wrentmore barnes) writes:
[twb] 
[twb] [stuff on leg wounds included in separate follow-up]
[twb] 
[twb]    I would also be interested in specific info about where the 100th Oh.
[twb] was during the battles around Atlanta. The Atlas to Accompany the
[twb] Official Records only has listings by Divisions in its map for the
[twb] Peachtree Creek battlefield. Can anybody help?
[twb] 

[ss]  Well, I thought I could, but I all I can find is that the 100th Ohio was
[ss]  not engaged as Chickamauga. Guess you don't need to visit there :)
[ss]  The book Regimental Losses in the American Civil War by William Fox, reprinted
[ss]  1985, (yes 1985 not 1895!) will tell you at least what brigade/division/corps
[ss]  the 100th belonged to, and if it made the "Top 300 Regiments" it'll have a
[ss]  fairly detailed history of the regiment.
[ss]  -- 
[ss]  Steve Schmidt			<><		   whale@leland.stanford.edu
[ss]  

I have studied with great interest and enthusiasm maps (eg. in _The
Gettysburg Campaign_ and _Gettysburg: the Second Day_) which have
enough detail to show regimental positions.  I have not come across
similarly detailed maps in books on other battles of the AotP. I find
it interesting, not only to see where my gg-dad fought, but also to
see who he fought against. Similar maps (showing detail at the
regimental level) can be purchased at the Manassas Battlefield for the
1st and 2nd Battles. I would dearly love to see such maps for the
Peninsula Campaign, Chancellorsville and the Wilderness. Does anyone
know if such maps are available at those battlefields?

Another question I have, is whether there is some way we could share
such maps over the net? Would the details be sufficiently preserved in
a GIF file?

As to books for tracing the 100th Ohio, one place to check is in _A
Compendium of the War of the Rebellion_ (don't blame me, I didn't pick
the name) by Fredrick Dryer. It is in 3 volumes and in my experience
it can be found in most community libraries.

Also, I believe most regiments had histories written about their
campaigns after the war. If no officers survived to write them,
chaplains or nurses sometimes did. I found the history of Gg-dad
Kirker's regiment, the 105th Pa listed in a bibliography on military
history. (I think it is a standard reference item in most big
libraries, but I don't recall the name.)

When I lived in Maryland, I requested the book at the Library of
Congress (at the LoC very few books are shelved where the public has
access, so you have to request a researcher to find it). After some
weeks, I received notice that I could examine the book at the library.
After driving to downtown DC, I discovered that they had the history
of the 105th *OHIO* Infantry waiting for me (close but no cigar).
Fortunately, the clerk on duty dropped everything and found me the
history of the 105th Pa. (BTW at the LoC you can't check out books.
The best thing to do is bring rolls of dimes and copy what you want on
the many copy machines.) After all of this I later learned that a
friend of my father had a copy of the book. 8^)

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