Download or read book 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry written by William H. Relyea and published by White Mane Publishing Company. This book was released on 2004-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The daily routines of camp life are meticulously recounted in between vivid descriptions of actions and skirmishes, which offers a detailed firsthand look into the career of an average Federal regiment.

Download or read book History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers written by B. F. Blakeslee and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This regiment was formed for fighting in the American civil war. It now has a monument remembering its losses at Antietam in northwest Maryland. The regiment was formed in August 1862 and finally disbanded in June 1865. It suffered heavy losses partially because they were largely untrained volunteers. Blakeslee, the author, was a member of this regiment who kept a personal diary. The book is composed mainly of these memories since very little else was written about this regiment.

Download or read book The Story of the Twenty first Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry During the Civil War 1861 1865 written by United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 21st (1862-1865) and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 538 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Sixteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry written by Connecticut. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Broken Regiment written by Lesley J. Gordon and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Broken Regiment recounts the tragic history of one of the Civil War's most ill-fated Union military units. Organized in the late summer of 1862, the 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry was unprepared for battle a month later, when it entered the fight at Antietam. The results were catastrophic: nearly a quarter of the men were killed or wounded, and Connecticut's 16th panicked and fled the field. In the years that followed, the regiment participated in minor skirmishes before surrendering en masse in North Carolina in 1864. Most of its members spent months in southern prison camps, including the notorious Andersonville stockade, where disease and starvation took the lives of over one hundred members of the unit. The struggles of the 16th led survivors to reflect on the true nature of their military experience during and after the war, and questions of cowardice and courage, patriotism and purpose, were often foremost in their thoughts. Over time, competing stories emerged of who they were, why they endured what they did, and how they should be remembered. By the end of the century, their collective recollections reshaped this troubling and traumatic past, and the "unfortunate regiment" emerged as the "Brave Sixteenth," their individual memories and accounts altered to fit the more heroic contours of the Union victory. The product of over a decade of research, Lesley J. Gordon's A Broken Regiment illuminates this unit's complex history amid the interplay of various, and often competing, voices. The result is a fascinating and heartrending story of one regiment's wartime and postwar struggles.

Download or read book Historical Sketch and Roster of the Connecticut 16th Infantry Regiment written by John C. Rigdon and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 16th Connecticut was formed in Hartford County, Connecticut, in July and August 1862. It was mustered into service August 24, 1862 and became part of Mr. Lincoln's Army of the Potomac. Three weeks later the regiment first saw action at the Battle of Antietam, Maryland as part of Burnside's Ninth Army Corps. Having loaded muskets for the first time only the day before the battle, the regiment suffered significant casualties at Antietam. It next saw action at Fredericksburg, Virginia in December 1862, then at the Siege of Suffolk, Virginia in April/May 1863. In 1864, the 16th Connecticut, then with the 18th Army Corps, was part of the Union garrison at Plymouth, North Carolina, and vigorously defended Plymouth against a Confederate combined land and naval attack April 17-20, 1864 led by General Robert F. Hoke, C.S.A. Outnumbered more than 5 to 1, with no means of escape or opportunity for reinforcements, the Union garrison at Plymouth was surrendered on April 20, 1864 by Brigadier General Henry W. Wessells.

Download or read book History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers written by Bernard F. Blakeslee and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Download or read book I Never was a Coward written by Lesley Jill Gordon and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In popular imagination, the American Civil War remains a conflict in which all soldiers acted out of personal bravery and self-sacrifice. Communal memory and historical scholarship have insisted that every soldier was a hero. But there were men, not paragons but humans, who did not perform admirably or heroically. Many were shirkers, skulkers and deserters; those who fled from battle, or slipped away during long marches. I Never Was a Coward focuses on a single northern regiment to highlight broad questions about bravery and cowardice. The wartime record of the 16[superscript th] Connecticut Infantry Regiment includes candid accusations, confessions and observations of cowardice in battle, in camp, at home, and in prison. By examining letters, dairies and newspapers, we learn firsthand how this regiment defined and redefined cowardice. Their story provides fresh insight into a topic rarely explored by Civil War historians."--BOOK JACKET.

Download or read book History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers written by B. Blakeslee and published by . This book was released on 2012-11-22 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is to be regretted that a complete history of the 16th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, has not been written. At this late day it would require much time, labor, and expense, to prepare one, and probably will never be done. Many volumes might be written which would be of inestimable value hereafter. Their services in the War for the Union cannot be placed upon a few pages. This volume is but a mere outline history, mostly compiled from diaries written by me at a young age, the importance of which was not then comprehended; with no expectation of the future use they would be put to,-but little was written, and that mostly concerned myself. It is the object of this work to create a permanent record of some of the marches, battles, and experiences generally of the organization above mentioned. This undertaking is made in behalf of the surviving members of the regiment, to whom it is hoped the work will prove of some value as a book of reference. The hope is also expressed that this work may prove a not unwelcome though sad memorial to the friends of those members of the regiment who lost their lives in battle or prison. The author is unaccustomed to historical composition, and makes no boast of literary education.

Download or read book History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers written by Bernard Franklin Blakeslee and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "History of the Sixteenth Connecticut Volunteers" from Bernard Franklin Blakeslee. Member of Company A of the 16th Ct. Infantry (1843-1895).

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Download or read book The Seventeenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry written by Connecticut Infantry. 17th Regt., 1862-1865 and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A History of Company K of the Seventh Connecticut Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War written by Jerome Tourtellote and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Ninth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry The Irish Regiment in the War of the Rebellion 1861 65 written by Thomas Hamilton Murray and published by New Haven, Conn. : The Price, Lee & Adkins Company. This book was released on 1903 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Sixteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Excursion and Reunion written by and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-05 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Sixteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteers Excursion and Reunion: At Antietam Battlefield, September 17, 1889 Sunday, Sept. Is. Breakfast on Steamer. Leave Jersey City at A. M. 71221 Penn. R. R. Co. Lunch on train. Leave Philadelphia A. M. Arrive Harrisburg P. M. Leave Harrisburg P. M. Arrive Gettysburg P. M. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Download or read book History of the Fourteenth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry written by Charles D. Page and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: