The 22nd Maine Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
Subtitle: a history and roster
By: Ned Smith
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780786448937
Description: "The 22nd Maine Regiment joined General Nathaniel Banks' campaign in Louisiana, fighting at Irish Bend in two attacks on Port Hudson. Drawing on first-person accounts from soldiers, a company commander, and colonel, this military history follows the Civil War regiment from formation in 1862 to muster out in 1863"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Maine and Louisiana : two states in a house curiously divided; title: The raising of a Maine regiment; title: Francis Ireland and the boys from Dexter; title: Leaving Maine; title: New camps, new sights; title: The 22nd settles in to camp life; title: Heading south : Banks' expedition sails for New Orleans and the lower Mississippi; title: The reoccupation of Baton Rouge; title: At Baton Rouge : balmy breezes and deadly diseases; title: More sickness, surviving the cure, longing for home; title: The first advance toward Port Hudson; title: The men of the 22nd "see the animal"; title: New Iberia and St. Martinville : a slave uprising; an escort for an ailing rebel officer; title: No spring mustering out; title: On to Port Hudson; title: Assault on Port Hudson; title: Up the Mississippi, past the rebels and home.