The untried life : the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War / James T. Fritsch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fritsch, James T. (James Thomas), 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Ohio--Biography.

Soldiers.

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

Ohio.

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

United States.

Ohio--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

United States. Army. Ohio Infantry Regiment, 29th (1861-1865).

United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (539 p.)

Place of Publication:

Athens, Ohio : Swallow Press/Ohio University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Told in unflinching detail, this is the story of the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Giddings Regiment or the Abolition Regiment, after its founder, radical abolitionist Congressman J. R. Giddings. The men who enlisted in the Twenty-Ninth OVI were, according to its lore, handpicked to ensure each was as pure in his antislavery beliefs as its founder. Whether these soldiers would fight harder than other soldiers, and whether the people of their hometowns would remain devoted to the ideals of the regiment, were questions that could only be tested by the experiment of w

Contents:

pt. 1. "Madly from their spheres" : the long road into battle

pt. 2. With the Eastern armies

pt. 3. With the Western armies.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780804040471

0804040478

OCLC:

811405288