Glory was not their companion
Subtitle: the Twenty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
By: Paul Taylor.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 26th (1861-1863); New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
Genres: Registers.
Description: "This work covers the regiment's entire two-year term of enlistment from May 1861 to May 1863. It draws upon numerous unpublished letters and diaries from the collections of individuals, private libraries and public institutions, as well as contemporary newspapers and obscure government documents"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: From the pastoral fields of Oneida County; title: A long, hot Washington summer; title: On to Fort Lyon; title: Marching orders!; title: A first taste of death; title: Maryland, my Maryland; title: The Fredericksburg campaign; title: Into the mud : January 1863; title: A less-than-glorious finale : Chancellorsville and home; title: 1863-1865 and the postwar years.