The Sharpshooters

A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

Edward G. Longacre (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

2017
Potomac Books Inc (Verlag)
978-1-61234-807-0 (ISBN)

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Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide. Edward G. Longacre traces the history of this esteemed regiment before, during, and after the war - from recruitment at Camp Olden to final operations in North Carolina.

Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide. The only New Jersey regiment to reenlist for the duration of the Civil War at the close of its initial three-year term, the Ninth saw action in forty-two battles and engagements across three states. Throughout the South, the regiment broke up enemy camps and supply depots, burned bridges, and destroyed railroad tracks to thwart Confederate movements. Members of the Ninth also suffered disease and starvation as POWs at the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia.

Recruited largely from socially conservative cities and villages in northern and central New Jersey, the Ninth Volunteer Infantry consisted of men with widely differing opinions about the Union and their enemy. Edward G. Longacre unearths these complicated political and social views, tracing the history of this esteemed regiment before, during, and after the war-from recruitment at Camp Olden to final operations in North Carolina.

Edward G. Longacre is the award-winning author of numerous books on the Civil War, including The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861; Fitz Lee: A Military Biography of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, C.S.A. (Nebraska, 2010); and Gentleman and Soldier: A Biography of Wade Hampton III (Nebraska, 2009). He lives in Newport News, Virginia, on land fought over during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.

List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Attention Riflemen!2. Down to the Sea in Troopships3. Jersey Muskrats4. “Charge, Ninth, Charge!”5. Working on the Railroad6. Failed Raids and Futile Pursuits7. Southern Excursion8. Sweet Home North Carolina9. Veteran Volunteers10. The Killing Fields11. Decline and Revival12. War’s End, and AfterAppendix: Regimental RosterNotesBibliographyIndex

Erscheinungsdatum	31.01.2017
Zusatzinfo	37 illustrations, index
Verlagsort	Dulles
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	1-61234-807-6 / 1612348076
ISBN-13	978-1-61234-807-0 / 9781612348070
Zustand	Neuware