
The Sharpshooters
A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
Edward G. Longacre(Author)
Potomac Books Inc (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 1. January 2017
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-1-61234-807-0 (ISBN)
Description
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. The only New Jersey regiment to reenlist for the duration of the Civil War at the close of its initial three-year term, the Ninth saw action in forty-two battles and engagements across three states. Throughout the South, the regiment broke up enemy camps and supply depots, burned bridges, and destroyed railroad tracks to thwart Confederate movements. Members of the Ninth also suffered disease and starvation as POWs at the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia.
Recruited largely from socially conservative cities and villages in northern and central New Jersey, the Ninth Volunteer Infantry consisted of men with widely differing opinions about the Union and their enemy. Edward G. Longacre unearths these complicated political and social views, tracing the history of this esteemed regiment before, during, and after the war-from recruitment at Camp Olden to final operations in North Carolina.
Recruited largely from socially conservative cities and villages in northern and central New Jersey, the Ninth Volunteer Infantry consisted of men with widely differing opinions about the Union and their enemy. Edward G. Longacre unearths these complicated political and social views, tracing the history of this esteemed regiment before, during, and after the war-from recruitment at Camp Olden to final operations in North Carolina.
Reviews / Votes
"In The Sharpshooters, seasoned historian and master storyteller Ed Longacre breathes life into a memorable account of common men struggling to overcome the unvarnished reality of war. Heads above most regimental histories."-Rod Gragg, author of Covered with Glory: The Twenty-Sixth North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg"The Sharpshooters covers all the bases, including organization, tactics, and soldiers' mixed political, social, and racial attitudes in a unique unit deployed in a little-known theater of war, filling a niche in both New Jersey and Civil War history."-Joseph G. Bilby, coauthor of "Remember You Are Jerseymen!": A Military History of New Jersey's Troops in the Civil War
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Dulles
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
37 illustrations, index
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 38 mm
Weight
780 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-61234-807-0 (9781612348070)
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The Sharpshooters
A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
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The Sharpshooters
A History of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War
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Person
Edward G. Longacre is the award-winning author of numerous books on the Civil War, including The Early Morning of War: Bull Run, 1861; Fitz Lee: A Military Biography of Major General Fitzhugh Lee, C.S.A. (Nebraska, 2010); and Gentleman and Soldier: A Biography of Wade Hampton III (Nebraska, 2009). He lives in Newport News, Virginia, on land fought over during the 1862 Peninsula Campaign.
Content
List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Attention Riflemen!2. Down to the Sea in Troopships3. Jersey Muskrats4. “Charge, Ninth, Charge!”5. Working on the Railroad6. Failed Raids and Futile Pursuits7. Southern Excursion8. Sweet Home North Carolina9. Veteran Volunteers10. The Killing Fields11. Decline and Revival12. War’s End, and AfterAppendix: Regimental RosterNotesBibliographyIndex