Description
Book Synopsis Not known to the historic pen, or platform orator, wrote a soldier in the 117th New York Volunteer Infantry, but the private led in the horror of the fight.
Drawing on firsthand accounts, this history of the regiment narrates the monotony and privation of camp life, the exhaustion of long marches and the terror of combat from the perspective of the regular soldier. The operations of the 117th are fully detailed, including actions in the 1863 Suffolk Campaign, the siege of Charleston, the sieges of Petersburg and Richmond, and the conquest of Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- 1. The National Crisis: July–August 1862
- 2. The Defense of Washington: September 1862–April 1863
- 3. Operations on the Virginia Peninsula: April–July 1863
- 4. Into the "Cradle of Secession": July 1863–April 1864
- 5. The Bermuda Hundred Campaign: April–May 1864
- 6. Cold Harbor and Petersburg Heights: May–June 1864
- 7. The Siege of Petersburg: June–September 1864
- 8. Chaffin's Farm and the Darbytown Road: September–December 1864
- 9. First Fort Fisher: December 1864
- 10. Second Fort Fisher: January 1865
- 11. Through the Carolinas: January 1865–April 1865
- 12. Homeward Bound: April 1865–July 1865
- Epilogue: "Let Us Keep Alive the Memories"
- Appendix A: Brevet Promotions
- Appendix B: Campaigns and Engagements
- Appendix C: Casualties in the 117th New York
- Appendix D: 117th New York Roster
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
