Author

Contributions

  • Travis, Mark, 1957- - Contributor

Publication

2001 - University Press of New England, Hanover, NH, New Hampshire

Language

English

Word Count

80,750 words, Guess

Page Count

323 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 3 more

Classifications

  • DDC973.7/442
  • LCCE520.5 5th .P75 2001
  • LCCE520.5 5th.P75 2001
and 1 more
  • LCCE 520.5 5th P75 2001

Description

Two thousand regiments fought in Union armies during the Civil War. None -- not one -- suffered more deaths in battle than the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers. At the center of this regiment's searing experience is Colonel Edward Cross, a journalist and adventurer who infused the Fifth with his formidable personality. Concord Monitor editors Mike Pride and Mark Travis spent eight years digging for the story of Cross and his men in letters, diaries, memoirs, official records, and newspaper accounts. The result is a military history unfolded in human terms, as the men themselves experienced it. - Jacket flap.

First Sentence

YOUNG CHARLES WRIGHT KNEW THAT THE GRAY OLD farmer next door had served during the Civil War in the Fifth Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteers-the famous Fighting Fifth-and he wanted to know more.

Description

"Two thousand regiments fought in Union armies during the Civil War. None - not one - suffered more deaths in battle than the Fifth New Hampshire Volunteers. At the center of this regiment's searing experience is Colonel Edward Cross, a journalist and adventurer who infused the Fifth with his formidable personality. Concord Monitor editors Mike Pride and Mark Travis spent eight years digging for the story of Cross and his men in letters, diaries, memoirs, official records, and newspaper accounts. The result is a military history unfolded in human terms, as the men themselves experienced it."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • My brave boys: to war with Colonel Cross and the Fighting FifthHardcoverUniversity Press of New England2001-01-01

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