A History Of The Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers, In The American Civil War 1861-1865, In Two Parts (5Th Nh Infantry Regimental History) Child, William Military,Military History,Unit Histories

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, xv, 336, 228 pgs, portrait plates and illustrations. Unit roster (1)-202, second pagination; errata slip present. Original decorative cloth with gilt decoration on cover and gilt titled spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Covers are rubbed and lightly worn on edges, spine ends, and corners and with some soiling. Front and rear hinges are cracked and weak; former owner s book plate. Else pages are age-toned, else clean and solid. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: The 5th New Hampshire Infantry Regiment suffered the most battle deaths of any Union regiment in the Civil War, with 295 men killed in action. The regiment fought in the Peninsula Campaign, the Maryland Campaign, and Appomattox Campaign. At Gettysburg they lost 86 officers and men after 3 hours of fighting at the Wheatfield. The 5th NH is recognized as one of the FOX 300 Fighting Regiments. REFERENCES: DORN NH#27; NEVINS I pg 69: One of the better regimental histories; composed for the most part of letters and diary excerpts by several members of the unit; covers fully the Eastern campaigns beginning with McClellan s advance up the peninsula. FOX Regimental Losses 139; Known to the corps and division commanders as a reliable regiment, it was the more often called upon to face the enemy's fire, or assigned to the post of danger. MULLINS/REED #159.