Craig Chapman presents the definitive history of the First North Carolina Volunteers/11th Regiment North Carolina Troops--the legendary Bethel Regiment.
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"If you want to know what the Civil War was like, from the first to the last for an individual unit...read Chapman's book." -- William Riley Brooksher
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Craig S. Chapman commands one of the North Carolina National Guard infantry battalions that traces its lineage to the Eleventh Regiment North Carolina Troops, the unit that started out as the First North Carolina Volunteers and nicknamed the Bethel Regiment. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Top notch Regimental History,
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This review is from: More Terrible than Victory: North Carolina's Bloody Bethel Regiment, 1861-65 (Paperback)
Craig Chapman's book struck a chord here. As one who is very much interested in Gettysburg, and the Overland Campaign of 1864, I am glad I found this jewel of a book. The author writes the story very well, and the research that he has done is exceptional in this tale of the boys from the Tarheel state.This regiment is not as well known as the the 26th NC, but their trevails at Gettysburg was just as horrible. It also illustrates how they were used in the Overland Campaign...and the perils and suffering that they went through in 1864. I heartily recommend the book, and can confidently say if you read it, it will be tough to put down.
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Well written, extremely informative book on North Carolina's premier regiment in Civil War.,
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The book is well written, and quite informative. It is about North Carolina's most famous regiment in the Civil War. While this might seem like a book of narrow appeal, it offers a great deal about how the war was conducted and should be of interest to any Civil War buff. I bought the book because I had an ancestor that served in it. I learned far more than I had expected. As a former
Infantry Officer and a Physician, I was also interested in tactics, morale, supply, casualties and their handling, intelligence and care of the soldier from recriutment to the end (whether death or discharge). I found all of these and much more! The battles are well described, as well. Expecting a regimental history, I found a greater comprehension of life in the South during the War, it's politics, it's problems and their solutions, and a great military overview of many areas. If you liked Gone With the Wind, or Cold Mountain, or Shelby Foote's volumes on the history, you will get some of each here. I highly recommend this surprising book to anyone interested in the Civil War.
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Clear and stirring battle descriptions,
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While researching my genealogy last summer I came across this book. My great grandfather was Woodson Garrett who is mentioned in this book and who served in the Bethel Regiment. I visited several of the battlefields and the descriptions of the battles here are coherent and emotionally charged. Highly recommended.
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One of the remarkable ironies of the Civil War is the fact that North Carolina, the southern state most reluctant and nearly last to break from the Union, gave more troops and shed more blood for the South than any other state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flank brigade, volunteer militia companies, main defensive line, plank road, supporting attack, corps troops, new defensive line, skirmish line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Globe Tavern, Hatcher's Run, Tar Heels, Cemetery Ridge, Cold Harbor, General Lee, Army of Northern Virginia, Lewis Warlick, Reams Station, Harry Heth, Army of the Potomac, Colonel Martin, Cooke's Brigade, Weldon Railroad, Burgess Mill, Frank Bird, Powell Hill, Kirkland's Brigade, White Oak Road, Bristoe Station, Jones Farm, White Hall, William Martin, Seminary Ridge New!
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One of the remarkable ironies of the Civil War is the fact that North Carolina, the southern state most reluctant and nearly last to break from the Union, gave more troops and shed more blood for the South than any other state. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
flank brigade, volunteer militia companies, main defensive line, plank road, supporting attack, corps troops, new defensive line, skirmish line Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
North Carolina, Globe Tavern, Hatcher's Run, Tar Heels, Cemetery Ridge, Cold Harbor, General Lee, Army of Northern Virginia, Lewis Warlick, Reams Station, Harry Heth, Army of the Potomac, Colonel Martin, Cooke's Brigade, Weldon Railroad, Burgess Mill, Frank Bird, Powell Hill, Kirkland's Brigade, White Oak Road, Bristoe Station, Jones Farm, White Hall, William Martin, Seminary Ridge New!
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- Army of Northern Virginia: Memorial Volume by J. William Jones on page 128, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Boy Colonel of the Confederacy: The Life and Times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. by Archie K. Davis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Guns at Gettysburg by Downey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Berry Benson's Civil War Book: Memoirs of a Confederate Scout and Sharpshooter by Berry Benson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The South Reports the Civil War, by J. Cutler Andrews in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Lee's Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade by Earl J. Hess in Back Matter
- Breaking the Backbone of the Rebellion by A. Wilson Greene in Back Matter
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