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5.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Miss this Civil War Gem!,
By temmail@sprintmail.com (DAYTON, OHIO) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A History Of...the Third South Carolina Infantry 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
GREAT BOOK--PARDON THE CAPS--OLD EYES!------------------- WITH POPULAR INTEREST IN THE CIVIL WAR AT AN ALL-TIME HIGH, MANY PUBLISHERS HAVE ENTERED THE FIELD, PUTTING OUT TITLES OF VARYING QUALITY AND MERIT. OF COURSE, MANY BATTLE TTILES ARE PRINTED EACH YEAR BUT ALSO MORE AND MORE REPRINT AND "NEW" REGIMENTAL HISTORIES. THE LATTER HAVE CONTRIBUTED MOST SIGNIFICANTLY TO CIVIL WAR HISTORIOGRAPHY IN PROVIDING THE BLUE AMD GRAY ENTHUSIAST WITH MUCH MORE DETAILED AND PERSONAL INSIGHT INTO THE AMERICANS WHO MARCHED, CAMPED, FOUGHT AND DIED IN THIS FRATRICIDAL CONFLICT. ONE SUCH TITLE TO COME TO LIGHT IN RECENT YEARS IS MAC WYCKOFF'S SUPERB STUDY OF THE 3RD SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY--ONE OF THE MOST ILLUSTRIOUS UNITS IN KERSHAW'S FAMED PALMETTO BRIGADE OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. A VETERAN NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORIAN, LECTURER, AND TOUR-GUIDE, MR. WYCKOFF IS UNIQUELY QUALIFIED TO BRING THIS UNIT BACK TO "LIFE". HIS CAREER FROM CHICKAMAUGA-CHATTANOOGA TO FREDERICKSBURG-SPOTSYLVANIA NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS, HAS GIVEN HIM A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW THE WIDE-RANGING TRAVELS OF THESE BATTLE-HARDENED CAROLINIANS NEARLY EVERY STEP OF THEIR WAR JOURNEY. FOLLOWING UPON HIS EARLIER AND EQUALLY ACCLAIMED, "A HISTORY OF THE SECOND SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY: 1861--1865", MR. WYCKOFF REFINES HIS SKILLS EVEN MORE--IF POSSIBLE--IN CHRONICLING THESE VETERANS' SERVICE. THE 3RD SOUTH CAROLINA INFANTRY FOUGHT IN BOTH EASTERN AND WESTERN THEATERS, CHIEFLY AS A PART OF THE FIRST CORPS, ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. FROM THE VERY OUTSET, THE UNIT WAS PLUNGED INTO SOME OF THE BLOODIEST FIGHTING OF THE WAR. FROM SAVAGE'S STATION DURING THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN, THROUGH ANTIETAM, FREDERICKSBURG, AND ONTO GETTYSBURG, THESE CAROLINIANS ALWAYS FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE THICK OF THE FRAY. BY FALL OF 1863, THE CAROLINIANS WERE BACK AT HOME IN THE DEEP SOUTH AND, AGAIN, ON MORE BLOODY FIELDS. HERE, THEY TOOK PART IN THE VICIOUS FIGHTING IN NORTH GEORGIA AND EASTERN TENNESSEE AT CHICKAMAUGA AND KNOXVILLE AS GEN. JAMES LONGSTREET ATTEMPTED TO AID BRAXTON BRAGG WEST OF THE APPALACHIANS. BY 1864, THE 3RD WAS BACK IN VIRGINIA WHERE IT PERFORMED OUTSTANDING SERVICE IN THE WILDERNESS, AT SPOTSYLVANIA, THE NORTH ANNA RIVER, AND NEAR RICHMOND. BY SUMMER, HOWEVER, THE CAROLINIANS WERE ENROUTE TO THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY OF WESTERN VIRGINIA TO REINFORCE JUBAL EARLY'S 'ARMY OF THE VALLEY" AGAINST PHIL SHERIDAN'S DAUNTING UNION FORCES. AFTER SOME LONG WEEKS OF MARCHING, COUNTERMARCHING, AND SKIRMISHING, THEY EVENTUALLY JOINED EARLY FOR HIS FAMOUS SURPRISE ATTACK ON SHERIDAN'S CAMPS AT CEDAR CREEK IN OCTOBER. HERE, THEY PLAYED A CRITICAL ROLE BY LEADING OFF THE MORNING'S SPECTACULAR OFFENSIVE, LATER THE SAME DAY, THEY WERE EQUALLY AS SUPERLATIVE IN A REARGUARD EFFORT IN THE EVENING'S ROUT. BACK NEAR RICHMOND BY DECEMBER, THE 3RD SOON FOUND ITSELF HEADING SOUTH WITH THE NEW YEAR TO HELP IN THE DEFENSE OF THEIR NATIVE STATE AGAINST SHERMAN'S ADVANCE FROM SAVANNAH. THE REMAINING MONTHS OF THE WAR WERE SPENT RESISTING THAT ADVANCE UNSUCCESSFULLY THROUGH THE PALMETTO STATE AND INTO NORTH CAROLINA. FINALLY, WHEN THE "VITALS" OF JOE JOHNSTON'S FORCES WERE BLED DRY AT BENTONVILLE IN MARCH, 1865, THE 3RD, ALONG WITH THE REST OF THEIR BRIGADE AND THE ARMY, FINALLY LAID DOWN THEIR ARMS. IT HAD BEEN A BLOODY JOURNEY FOR THE 3RD AND MAC WYCKOFF HAS BROUGHT THE ENTIRE TALE VIVIDLY INTO PRINT, SUCCEEDING WHERE MANY MODERN-DAY UNIT CHRONICLERS FAIL. BY HIS INCREDIBLE AND FAR-RANGING RESEARCH INTO PRIMARY SOURCES, AS WELL AS HIS EXCELLENT INTERPRETATION OF THE MATERIAL, THE AUTHOR HAS MANAGED TO COMBINE A DETAILED, BATTLELINE-VIEW OF THE WAR WITH A PENETRATING PERSONAL EXAMINATION OF THE SOUTH CAROLINIANS WHO FOUGHT IT. HIS ROSTER IS SIMPLY ONE OF THE BEST GRACING THE PAGES OF ANY MODERN REGIMENTAL HISTORY TO-DATE AND ONLY ADDS "ICING" TO A WELL-DEVELOPED AND EXCITING NARRATIVE. FINE UNIT BATTLEFIELD MAPS, PHOTOS, AND INDEX CAP-OFF A DEFINITIVE EFFORT. THIS ISN'T JUST ANOTHER REGIMENTAL HISTORY--IT IS A HISTORY OF THE WAR SEEN PERSONALLY THROUGH THE EYES OF SOLDIERS FROM A DEEP SOUTH REGIMENT. A DETAILED UNIT HISTORY, YES, BUT ALSO A VERY UNIQUE STORY AT THE SAME TIME FILLED WITH FIRT-PERSON ACCOUNTS WOVEN INTO AN EXCITING TEXT. THERE ARE NOW MANY NEW REGIMENTALS, BUT THIS IS ONE OF THE VERY BEST MODERN ONES. A MASTERFUL JOB INDEED! DON'T MISS THIS CIVIL WAR GEM! THEODORE C. MAHR
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sgt. Warren Green Peterson was there,
By Gary M. Peterson (2189 Galbraith Ck. Bryson City, NC 28713) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A History Of...the Third South Carolina Infantry 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
Much of Mac's book, including the pictures, were donated by my cousin Barbara Smith. The book was based on the letters of those who served the Third South Carolina not the least of which was Sgt. Warren Green Peterson. His visit to the old battle grounds in 1913 on his way to the Gettysburg reunion prompted a whole series of letters and stories printed in the Newbery, SC local paper. He took many pictures of places where he stood in the hot spots of so many battles from Bull Run to The Wilderness. He was wounded four times. Read his story! All we really know comes from men like him. Thanks Mac. See you at Fredricksburg. Gary PETERSON.
5.0 out of 5 stars
My Great-Grand Father would have been honored to read this.,
By A Customer
This review is from: A History Of...the Third South Carolina Infantry 1861-1865 (Hardcover)
My family has purchased seven copies of this text, we hope the Mr. Mac Wyckoff continues his fine efforts
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