Lincoln's Veteran Volunteers Win the War: The Hudson Valley's Ross Brothers and the Union's Fight for Emancipation

by Ross, D. Reid; Smith, Duane A.

• ISBN13: 9780791476420
• ISBN10: 0791476421
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-07-02
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Chronicles the Civil War experiences of four brothers from New York's Hudson Valley.

Author Biography

is a retired urban planner and family historian and has published many articles on the American Civil War and his family's history. Through the three decades of researching this book, he visited more than one hundred libraries, pored over hundreds of manuscript collections, and read more than one thousand Civil War and other historical publications, personal memoirs, diaries, and letters Ross lives in Durnago, Colorado.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xix
Indroduction	p. 1
Why, How, and When They Fought	p. 5
Stones River	p. 39
Chancellorsville	p. 59
After Chancellorsville	p. 93
Gettysburg	p. 107
Chickamauga	p. 127
Battle of the Wilderness	p. 197
The Battle of Kolb's Farm	p. 241
From Prisoner to Guard	p. 263
Capture of Atlanta	p. 287
March to the Sea and Beyond	p. 301
Victory and the Grand Review	p. 339
Epilogue: A Legacy of Sacrifice	p. 351
Notes	p. 369
Glossary	p. 427
Bibliographic Essays	p. 431
Index	p. 441
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