We fought at Gettysburg : firsthand accounts by the survivors of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry / Carolyn Ivanoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ivanoff, Carolyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army. Connecticut Infantry Regiment, 17th (1862-1865).

United States.

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

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

Physical Description:

x, 438 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

[Trumbull, Connecticut] : Gettysburg Publishing, [2023]

Summary:

"This is a unit history of the 17th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, a U.S. Army regiment of the U.S. Civil War. The book focuses on the unit's story from its formation in 1862 to its participation in the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. The regiment's Gettysburg experience is recounted through veterans' firsthand accounts, with context and narrative added by the author"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Fairfield County Regiment

Disaster at Chancellorsville

The Hard Road to Gettysburg

July 1

Rendezvous with Destiny

Voices from the First Day of Battle

Those Who Carried the Colors on the First Day

July 2

Holding the Line

Voices From the Second Day of Battle

July 3

The Final Struggle

The Glorious Fourth

Broken Bodies and Wounded Men

Aftermath-The Survivors and the Honored Dead

Epilogue Monuments and Memory.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 424-429) and index.

Related Work:

Container of manifesation: Noble, Wiliam H. (William Henry), 1813-1894. History of the Seventeenth C.V. regiment.

Constituent Unit:

Container of manifesation: Noble, William H. History of the Seventeenth C.V. regiment.

ISBN:

9780999304945

0999304941

OCLC:

1363104274