Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers A History Of The 6th Louisiana Volunteers

by Gannon, James

• ISBN13: 9781882810161
• ISBN10: 1882810163
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-05-22
• Publisher: Da Capo Press

Summary

The first book-length treatment of an important Confederate regiment composed mostly of Irish immigrants who were involved in most of the important Civil War battles in the East.

Author Biography

James P. Gannon is a former reporter and bureau chief with the Wall Street Journal and former editor of the Des Moines Register. Jim and his wife Joan run the Old Sperryville Bookshop in Sperryville, Virginia.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	i	(8)
INTRODUCTION	ix
CHAPTER ONE To the Front: Virginia	1	(18)
CHAPTER TWO Service With Stonewall Jackson: The Shenandoah Valley	19	(26)
CHAPTER THREE The "Hell Spot": Port Republic	45	(22)
CHAPTER FOUR To the Peninsula: The Seven Days' Battles	67	(26)
CHAPTER FIVE Back to Northern Virginia: Second Manassas and Chantilly	93	(30)
CHAPTER SIX Raiding North: Bloody Sharpsburg	123	(18)
CHAPTER SEVEN A Winter and Spring of War: Fredericksburg	141	(28)
CHAPTER EIGHT The Second Battle: Return to Winchester	169	(14)
CHAPTER NINE The Turning Point: Gettysburg	183	(20)
CHAPTER TEN Autumn of Disaster: Rappahannock Station	203	(18)
CHAPTER ELEVEN The Overland Campaign: Wilderness & Spotsylvania	221	(28)
CHAPTER TWELVE The Gates of Washington: Monocacy	249	(12)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Luck Runs Out: Third Winchester	261	(20)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Valley of Humiliation: Fisher's Hill and Cedar Greek	281	(18)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN The Bitter End: Petersburg and Appomattox	299	(18)
CONCLUSION Reflections on the Irish Rebels	317	(10)
Appendix A: ROSTER	327	(66)
Appendices B-D: Birthplace, Losses & Engagements	393	(4)
ENDNOTES	397	(38)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	435	(6)
INDEX	441