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Book

The 22nd Michigan Infantry and the road to Chickamauga

Call Numbers

  • 973.7 C6781 (CEN)
  • H 973.7 C6781 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Physical Description

vii, 192 pages ; 23 cm

Summary

"At the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, the 22nd Michigan Infantry helped to save the Union right flank, commanded by General George H. Thomas. This history explores experiences in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia and describes the challenges faced by farm boys, shopkeepers, school teachers and lawyers as they faced death, disease and starvation on battlefields and in Confederate prisons"--

Notes

"At the 1863 Battle of Chickamauga, the 22nd Michigan Infantry helped to save the Union right flank, commanded by General George H. Thomas. This history explores experiences in Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia and describes the challenges faced by farm boys, shopkeepers, school teachers and lawyers as they faced death, disease and starvation on battlefields and in Confederate prisons."--Provided by publisher.

Contents

  • Camp Richardson, Pontiac, Michigan
  • To Cincinnati's defense
  • The march to Lexington
  • Camp life: silent terrors and the muffled drum
  • Chasing rebels from the bluegrass
  • Respite at Nashville
  • Heroism on Horseshoe Ridge
  • Prison houses and parole
  • Engineer duty and "the cracker line"
  • Atlanta and home.

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