My brave Mechanics
Subtitle: the First Michigan Engineers and their Civil War
By: Mark Hoffman ; foreword by William M. Anderson.
Series: Great Lakes books
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 470
ISBN-13: 9780814332924
Subjects: United States. -- Army. -- Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment, 1st (1861-1865); Military engineers -- Michigan -- History -- 19th century.; Michigan -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Engineering and construction.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-451) and index.
Table of contents: title: Volunteer engineers; title: The sinews of war; title: Camp Owen; title: South to Kentucky and Tennessee; title: On to Corinth; title: With Mitchel to the Tennessee; title: Work and warfare along the Tennessee; title: Into battle at Perryville; title: Mutiny; title: The fight at Lavergne; title: Filling vacant ranks; title: Forward to Murfreesboro; title: Back across the Tennessee; title: Holding Chattanooga for the Union; title: Building the supply net; title: Protecting Sherman's supply line; title: Wheeler, elections, Atlanta, and a new regiment; title: More men; title: Atlanta and the march to the sea; title: With Thomas in Tennessee; title: Into the Carolinas; title: Final weeks of the war; title: Homeward bound; title: Postwar heroes.