Redlegs
Subtitle: The U.S. Artillery from the Civil War to the Spanish-American War, 1861-1898 (The G.I. Series, 11)
Edition: Library Binding edition
Publisher: Chelsea House Publications
Published: May 1999
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 75
ISBN-13: 9780791053751
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; United States; History - Military & Wars; Children's 12-Up - History - Military / War; Juvenile Nonfiction; Children: Grades 4-6; USA; History - United States/19th Century; Artillery; 19th century; Army; History; Military uniforms
First sentence: War clouds had been gathering in the U.S.A. for decades, when on 26 December 1860 Major Robert Anderson of the First U.S. Artillery informed his superiors in Washington D.C. that he had decided to withdraw the garrison of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina under the cover of darkness.