Pittsburgh's forgotten Civil War regiment
Subtitle: a history of the 62nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry & the men who served with distinction
By: Ernest D. Spisak
Publisher: Word Association Publishers
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Tarentum, Pennsylvania
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9781595719195
Subjects: Personal narratives; History; Regimental histories; United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 62nd (1861-1864); United States
Description: The author lets the men of the 62nd speak for themselves, describing in letters home, the hardships of long marches and camp life, the homesickness, the deaths, defeats and the victories that defined their experience in the great struggle to save the Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-488) and index.