See more on the 11th Pennsylvania Reserves in the Civil War Location of the monument to the 11th Pennsylvania Reserves at Gettysburg Mechanicsville, Gaines’ Mill, Glendale or New Market Cross Roads, Malvern Hill Groveton, Bull Run, South Mountain Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg Bristoe Station, Rappahannock Station Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania North Anna, Totopotomoy, Bethesda Church
July 2nd in the evening charged from the hill in rear to this position and held it until the afternoon of July 3d when the Brigade advanced through the woods to the front and left driving the enemy and capturing many prisoners. Wounded 2 ” and 33 “ Total enrollment 1200 Killed and died of wounds 11 officers and 185 men Died of disease etc. Present at Gettysburg 25 officers and 367 men. Mustered in May 9 – July 5th 1861 Mustered out JRecruited in Cambria, Indiana, Butler, Fayette, Armstrong, Westmoreland and Jefferson Counties From diaries, reminiscences, letters, and newspaper articles, Krick reconstructs a vivid and detailed account of the confrontation at Cedar Mountain and Jackson's victory there.Attached to the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, 5th Corps, Army of the Potomacįrom the front of the monument: 11th Pennsylvania Reserves 40th Infantry Robert Krick untangles the myriad original accounts by participants on both sides of the battle to offer an illuminating portrait of the Confederate general commanding his troops under the extraordinary pressures of combat. Krick's treatment is not only a comprehensive and compelling story of Jackson and his men at Cedar Mountain, but it is also a model of what a battle narrative should be.-Virginia Magazine of History and Biography"Krick's lively writing style, sound research and ability to reconstruct the tactics, movements and emotion of the battle will impress any reader.-America's Civil War ->At Cedar Mountain on August 9,1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain will become a classic of Civil War literature.-North Carolina Historical Review"A masterful job. Krick sets a standard for other military historians who practice the difficult genre of battle study. Winner of the 1990 Richard Barksdale Harwell Award, Atlanta Civil War Round Table Winner of the 1991 Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Military Order of the Stars and Bars "An excellent study of what the Mighty Stonewall considered the 'most successful of his exploits'.
0 kommentar(er)
