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Blooding the Regiment
Richard H. Groves
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Description for Blooding the Regiment
Paperback. Offers a comprehensive study that combines combat, political, and administrative history. This title shows the reader not only how this regiment fought, but also how it was administered, for better or for worse, and how commissions were gained and lost, and how this unit eventually became one of the Unions steadfast, reliable fighting formations. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 721.
Blooding the Regiment is the meticulously-researched narrative of a Union regiment that was hampered by in-fighting and politicking that led to its capture in the early stages of its service in the western theatre of the American Civil War. Conflicts in the officer's corps of the regiment were ultimately overcome when it was purged of its dissenters and unity of command was achieved. The troubled group fully overcame its divisions near the end of the war at the battle of Resaca, where it was crystallized into a steadfast, reliable fighting unit. The narrative brings together diverse sources including official ... Read more
Blooding the Regiment is the meticulously-researched narrative of a Union regiment that was hampered by in-fighting and politicking that led to its capture in the early stages of its service in the western theatre of the American Civil War. Conflicts in the officer's corps of the regiment were ultimately overcome when it was purged of its dissenters and unity of command was achieved. The troubled group fully overcame its divisions near the end of the war at the battle of Resaca, where it was crystallized into a steadfast, reliable fighting unit. The narrative brings together diverse sources including official ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810849969
SKU
V9780810849969
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About Richard H. Groves
Richard H. Groves served in the U.S. Army for forty years and is a graduate of the Harvard Graduate School of Engineering and George Washington University. He has served as advisor to the Secretary of Defense for NATO Affairs and as U.S. Chief of Staff in Europe from 1976 to 1979. In the past twenty years, Groves has served as ... Read more
Reviews for Blooding the Regiment
Groves traces the evolution of the 22nd Wisconsin Voluntary Infantry Regiment from a group of men beset by infighting and politicking and eventual capture by Confederate forces to a successful unit at the Battle of Resaca. Groves draws on a range of sources, including military records and the soldiers' private letters as well as his 40 years experience in the ... Read more