The 10th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War : a history and roster / Dennis W. Belcher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Belcher, Dennis W., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Kentucky Infantry Regiment, 10th (1861-1864).

United States.

History.

Soldiers.

Regimental histories.

Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Kentucky.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Soldiers--Kentucky--Registers.

Soldiers--Kentucky--Correspondence.

Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.

Kentucky--Genealogy.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Genre:

Genealogy.

Registers (Lists)

Correspondence.

Personal correspondence.

Family histories.

Physical Description:

ix, 225 pages : illustrations, map, plans ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Tenth Kentucky Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2009]

Summary:

"This work is filled with personal accounts, including letters and official records of activities. The regiment began the war with 867 men, suffered a 40-percent casualty rate at Chickamauga, and helped break Confederate lines at Jonesboro. At the end only 140 men staggered home in victory. Features more than 60 photos, 14 maps, rosters, and descriptions"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Organizing the 10th Kentucky

10th Kentucky Infantry 1862

1863 through Tullahoma

Chickamauga

Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge

Atlanta Campaign

Epilogue: Postwar biographical information for the officers

10th Kentucky roster from the Kentucky adjutant general's report, 1866

10th Kentucky information from the regimental record book

10th Kentucky men buried at national and soldiers' cemeteries (rolls of honor)

Letters written by the men of the 10th Kentucky Infantry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786441532

0786441534

OCLC:

261400310