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Informationen zum Autor Dennis W. Belcher has edited or authored nine books on the Civil War and has published in the North & South magazine. He lives in Jefferson City, Missouri. Klappentext The 10th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry waged battle for the Union for three years during the Civil War, ranging from its home state to Atlanta. This thorough history is filled with personal accounts, including 25 wartime letters written by the men of the regiment and official records of the regiment's activities, which included action at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. The regiment began the war with 867 men, suffered a 40 percent casualty rate at Chickamauga, and helped break Confederate lines at Jonesboro. At the end of the war only 140 men staggered home in victory. Features more than 60 photos, 14 maps, rosters and descriptions of the unit's soldiers. Zusammenfassung The 10th Regiment Kentucky Volunteer Infantry waged battle for the Union for 3 years in Civil War! ranging from its home state to Atlanta. This work is filled with personal accounts! including 25 war-time letters written by the men of the regiment! and records of the regiment's activities that included action at Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface 1. Organizing the 10th Kentucky 2. 10th Kentucky Infantry 1862 3. 1863 Through Tullahoma 4. Chickamauga 5. Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge 6. Atlanta Campaign Epilogue: Postwar Biographical Information for the Officers Appendices:A. 10th Kentucky Roster from the Kentucky Adjutant General's Report, 1866 B. 10th Kentucky Information from the Regimental Record Book C. 10th Kentucky Men Buried at National and Soldiers' Cemeteries(Rolls of Honor) D. Letters Written by the Men of the 10th Kentucky Infantry Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
