Coburn's Brigade: 85th Indiana, 33rd Indiana, 19th Michigan, and 22nd Wisconsin in the Western Civil War (Hardcover)

~ Frank Welcher (Author), Larry G. Ligget (Author) "Coburn's brigade, organized in Kentucky in October 1862, consisted of four volunteer infantry regiments: the 33rd Indiana, the 85th Indiana, the 19th Michigan, and the..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

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". . .Ligget and Welcher saw the need to write the brigade's history because Civil War historians have neglected the unit. That fostered another goal, telling the story of the typical western soldier in the war. . . ."

". . .Coburn's Brigade is a hefty and decidedly scholarly book with 19 detailed maps, 40 photographs, and just under 1,500 footnotes. But it also moves beyond the anonymity of the battlefields to tell the stories of the individual men. . . ." -- Tribune-Star, November 4, 1999.

...a well-researched and interesting book which should appeal to any student of the war's western campaigns. -- The Civil War News, May 2000

By book's end...I had a truer understanding of what really may have been going on... -- Nuvo Newsweekly, May 4-11, 2000

Product Description

The Northern brigade of John Coburn has gained a reputation both notorious and laudatory. Accused of gross misconduct (as these authors show, improperly) when Thompson's Station was surrendered in Tennessee, they were captured and sent to Libby Prison. Released, they were determined to redeem themselves in the mediocre assignments given to them by the Western army. Then, having regained the confidence of their superiors, this group of Midwesterners fought staunchly and credibly in the Atlanta Campaign--shining particularly at the Battle of Peachtree Creek and were the first unit into Atlanta after its fall. This unusual and detailed history of a brigade which stayed together the entire war shows a little different version of unit solidarity. Not every unit was universally glorious; too often we pretend that is so. This is the story of a unit which failed and then succeeded. 462 pages; 19 detailed maps; 40+ illustrations; nearly 1,500 endnotes.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 488 pages
• Publisher: Cardinal Publishers Group; 1 edition (September 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578600707
• ISBN-13: 978-1578600700
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds
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