The 22nd Maine Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War : a history and roster / Ned Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Ned, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Maine Infantry Regiment, 22nd (1862-1863).

United States.

History.

Regimental histories.

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

Maine.

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

Port Hudson (La.)--History--Siege, 1863.

Port Hudson (La.).

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss, 1816-1894.

Banks, Nathaniel Prentiss.

Genre:

Directories.

Physical Description:

viii, 252 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Twenty-second Maine Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2010]

Summary:

"The 22nd Maine Regiment joined General Nathaniel Banks' campaign in Louisiana, fighting at Irish Bend in two attacks on Port Hudson. Drawing on first-person accounts from soldiers, a company commander, and colonel, this military history follows the Civil War regiment from formation in 1862 to muster out in 1863"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Maine and Louisiana : two states in a house curiously divided

The raising of a Maine regiment

Francis Ireland and the boys from Dexter

Leaving Maine

New camps, new sights

The 22nd settles in to camp life

Heading south : Banks' expedition sails for New Orleans and the lower Mississippi

The reoccupation of Baton Rouge

At Baton Rouge : balmy breezes and deadly diseases

More sickness, surviving the cure, longing for home

The first advance toward Port Hudson

The men of the 22nd "see the animal"

New Iberia and St. Martinville : a slave uprising; an escort for an ailing rebel officer

No spring mustering out

On to Port Hudson

Assault on Port Hudson

Up the Mississippi, past the rebels and home.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786448937

0786448938

OCLC:

607613317