The sharpshooters : a history of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War /
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Format: | eBook Electronic |
Language: | English |
Imprint: | Lincoln : Potomac Books, an imprint of the University of Nebraska Press, 2016. |
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Online Access: | Click here for full text at JSTOR |
Summary: | Recruited as sharpshooters and clothed in distinctive uniforms with green trim, the hand-picked regiment of the Ninth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry was renowned and admired far and wide. The only New Jersey regiment to reenlist for the duration of the Civil War at the close of its initial three-year term, the Ninth saw action in forty-two battles and engagements across three states. Throughout the South, the regiment broke up enemy camps and supply depots, burned bridges, and destroyed railroad tracks to thwart Confederate movements. Members of the Ninth also suffered disease and starvation as POWs at the notorious Andersonville prison camp in Georgia. |
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Item Description: | Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 1612348831 161234884X 1612348858 9781612348834 9781612348841 9781612348858 |
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