Three Years With the 92nd Illinois
Subtitle: The Civil War Diary of John M. King
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Published: March 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780811715997
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Biography: general; Civil war; United States - Civil War; King, John M.; History - Military / War; United States.; Military History - U.S. Civil War; Rockford; History; King, John M; History: American; b. 1840; USA; Army.; Soldiers; United States; (John McCandish),; Biography; Diaries; Illinois; Illinois Infantry Regiment, 92nd (1862-1865)
First sentence: This morning as I sat on an empty cracker box in my bell tent musing over the fact that this is New Years Day and conjecturing what they are doing at home way up in Illinois, the history of the past year of 1862 was running like a panorama before me.