Into the tornado of war
Subtitle: a history of the Twenty-first Michigan Infantry in the Civil War
By: James Genco
Publisher: Abbott Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781458201829; 9781458201812; 9781458201805
Copyright date: 2012
Subjects: History; Regimental histories; United States. Army. Michigan Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865); United States; American Civil War (1861-1865) fast (OCoLC)fst01351658
Other titles: Tornado of war
Description: Overview: In the summer of 1862, a group of volunteer soldiers joined the Twenty-First Michigan Volunteer Infantry in western Michigan. For the next two and a half years, these men saw extensive combat against the Confederacy in America's most brutal and bloody war. Drawn from hundreds of letters, diaries, and memoirs, Into the Tornado of War is the complete history of this Union regiment as seen through the soldiers' eyes. James Genco traces their movements from their first major battle at Perryville, Kentucky, through Tennessee, Georgia, and finally, the Carolinas. In addition to Perryville, the regiment was severely tested in the landmark battles of Stones River, Chickamauga, and Bentonville, and participated in Union General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea in November and December of 1864. As the war wound down in 1865, the regiment was part of the Union Army that cut its way through the Carolinas, ultimately finding itself in the forefront of one of the last major battles of the war. In a valuable contribution to the scholarship on the American Civil War, Into the Tornado of War paints a picture of the realities of the war through the words of real soldiers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-389) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Civilians in blue: Battle of Perryville; title: Dawning of the regiment "braver men never took up arms"; title: Rush to the front; title: Joining the army of the Ohio; title: Perryville: Battle for Kentucky; title: Regrouping at Nashville; title: Rosecrans forges his army; title: Stones River: courage and fearlessness in danger; title: Respite at Murfreesboro; title: Tullahoma campaign; title: Road to Chickamauga; title: Battle of Chickamauga: They never saw the equal; title: Colonel Mccreery's ordeal; title: Battle for Chattanooga; title: Engineer duty: lumberjacks & carpenters; title: Back into the fray; title: March to the sea and Savannah; title: Punishing the instigators or rebellion; title: Sloshing across North Carolina; title: Battle of Bentonville; title: Wildest celebration ever indulged; title: Endnotes; title: Bibliography; title: Index.