Made up largely of German immigrants, the 26th Wisconsin served in the Union's ill-fated XI Corps at Chancellorsville and Gettysburg, and later participated in Sherman's March to the Sea.
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James S. Pula is the Dean of the Metropolitan College of the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He has published widely on many topics, and is the author or editor of several books, including Thaddeus Kosciuszko; The Purest Son of Liberty (Hippocrene Books, 1997).
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This review is from: The Sigel Regiment: A History Of The 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 1862-1865 (Hardcover)
This book is available in hard cover, contrary to some reports. It was recently (1999) awarded the Gambrinus Prize in history by the Milwaukee County Historical Society for the best book on Milwaukee area history.
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Rapid stacatto drumbeats pierced the deep bass tones of martial brass as long lines of marching men moved steadily down the street amid shouts and applause from the throngs that lined the pathways. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
rejoined regt, muster out papers, deutsches regiment, brigade teamster, absent wounded, postal letter carrier, regimental descriptive book, regimental papers, regimental muster rolls, parole camp, company cook, absent sick, corps hospital, rebel skirmishers, convalescent camp, regiment camped Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Eleventh Corps, New York, Milwaukee Sentinel, Adam Muenzenberger, Colonel Jacobs, Army of the Potomac, Ernst Damkoehler, Twentieth Corps, United States, Cemetery Hill, Peach Tree Creek, Karl Wickesberg, Lookout Valley, Thoroughfare Gap, Adam Wuest, Bull Run, Karl Doerflinger, South Carolina, Chamber of Commerce, Carl Schurz, West Bend, William Steinmeyer, Army of Northern Virginia, Bernhard Domschcke, Twelfth Corps New!
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Eleventh Corps, New York, Milwaukee Sentinel, Adam Muenzenberger, Colonel Jacobs, Army of the Potomac, Ernst Damkoehler, Twentieth Corps, United States, Cemetery Hill, Peach Tree Creek, Karl Wickesberg, Lookout Valley, Thoroughfare Gap, Adam Wuest, Bull Run, Karl Doerflinger, South Carolina, Chamber of Commerce, Carl Schurz, West Bend, William Steinmeyer, Army of Northern Virginia, Bernhard Domschcke, Twelfth Corps New!
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- Regimental Losses in the American Civil War: A Treatise on the extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, with Full and ... the State Military Bureaus and at Washington by William F. Fox on page 334, and Back Matter
- Regimental Losses in the American Civil War 1861-1865: A Treatise on the Extent and Nature of the Mortuary Losses in the Union Regiments, With Full ... Statistics Compiled from the Official reco by William F. Fox on page 334, and Back Matter
- The Battle Of Bentonville: Last Stand In The Carolinas by Mark L. Bradley in Back Matter, and Back Cover
- The History of Wisconsin, Volume II: The Civil War Era, 1848-1873 by Richard N. Current in Back Matter
- Guns at Gettysburg by Downey in Back Matter
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