Description
Book Synopsis The Eighth Connecticut Infantry was one of the longest-serving Union volunteer regiments in the Civil War and saw action throughout the Eastern Theater, from Burnside''s expedition in North Carolina to the battles at Antietam, Fredericksburg, Cold Harbor and Petersburg, and campaigns throughout Virginia. Drawing on soldiers'' letters and diaries, this first-ever regimental history of the Eighth chronicles four years of combat service, with maps newly created from historical accounts.
Table of Contents
- Table of Contents
- Maps viii
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword by Matthew Warshauer
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Hartford to Annapolis
- Chapter 2. Hatteras to New Bern
- Chapter 3. Fort Macon to Washington, D.C.
- Chapter 4. Frederick, South Mountain, and Antietam
- Chapter 5. Fredericksburg to Newport News
- Chapter 6. Suffolk, Portsmouth, Deep Creek, Home
- Chapter 7. Deep Creek to Drewry's Bluff
- Chapter 8. Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Fort Harrison
- Chapter 9. Richmond, Lynchburg, and Home
- Conclusion: After the War
- Appendix A. Record of Service
- Appendix B. Biographies of Narrators and Notables
- Appendix C. Flags of the Eighth
- Appendix D. Arms and Equipment of the Eighth
- Appendix E. The Modern Eighth Connecticut Volunteers
- Appendix F. Map Notes
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
