In the Very Thickest of the Fight: The Civil War Service Of The 78Th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment
by Steve Raymond
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The 78th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment took the field under command of a lackadaisical colonel who was frequently absent and feuded with his own officers and superiors. Distrusted by senior officers, the 78th became a regiment that was always left behind--until its own officers forced their reluctant colonel to resign. His replacement was a forceful leader who turned the regiment into a crack fighting outfit that performed heroically in the battle of Chickamauga and many of the great show more battles of the Atlanta campaign. It later joined Sherman's March to the Sea and fought its way out of the tangled swamps of Bentonville in one of the war's last battles. Its story is told here mostly in the words of its soldiers through letters, diaries and other sources, many never before accessed by historians. This book sheds new light on many important incidents and battles in the Civil War's Western Theater. show lessTags
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Excellent work. The book is composed from letters, diaries and journals of the men from the 78th Illinois Infantry. This regiment was part of Grangers Reserve Corps and marched in support of General Thomas at Snodgrass Hill and Horseshoe Ridge. One of the impressive features is at the end of each chapter the author records the soldiers that died during the period in time. Most died of desease.
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Steve Raymond is the author of Rivers of the Heart, Blue Upright, The Year of the Angler, The Year of the Trout, and many more. He was the winner of the Roderick Haig-Brown Award for significant contributions to angling literature, and he was also the editor of The Flyfisher and Fly Fishing in Salt Waters as well as a longtime reviewer of show more fly-fishing books for several publications. After a thirty-year career as an editor and manager at the "Seattle Times," he retired and now lives in Clinton, Washington. show less
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