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The sharpshooters : a history of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War / Edward G. Longacre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Longacre, Edward G., 1946- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. New Jersey Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1865).
- United States.
- New Jersey--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- New Jersey - History - Civil War, 1861-1865 - Regimental histories.
- New Jersey.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (429 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- [Herndon, Virginia] : Potomac Books, 2017.
- Summary:
- Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide.
- Contents:
- Attention riflemen!
- Down to the sea in troopships
- Jersey muskrats
- "Charge, Ninth, charge!"
- Working on the railroad
- Failed raids and futile pursuits
- Southern excursion
- Sweet home North Carolina
- Veteran volunteers
- The killing fields
- Decline and revival
- War's end, and after.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-61234-885-8
- 1-61234-883-1
- OCLC:
- 948669065
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