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Upton's Regulars : the 121st New York Infantry in the Civil War /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cilella, Salvatore G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2009]
Series:Modern war studies.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > New York Infantry Regiment, 121st (1861-1865)
New York (State) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Table of Contents:
  • Congressman Franchot recruits a regiment
  • "The nursery of soldiers" : the men and boys from Herkimer and Otsego counties
  • Stumbling into war
  • Emory Upton takes command
  • Desertion, disarray, and despair : Winter 1862-1863
  • Burnside, Mud, and Hooker
  • Chancellorsville and Salem Church
  • After Gettysburg : becoming abolitionists, June to October 1863
  • To Rappahannock Station
  • Winter quarters, December 15, 1863, to May 4, 1864
  • Grant's overland campaign, May to June 1864
  • To Washington and the valley
  • Return to Petersburg, December 1864 to April 1865
  • Lee surrenders and the war ends
  • Touching elbows : the regimental association
  • Shaping the memory : writing the history
  • Epilogue.