83rd Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War

Michael Schellhammer, a retired Army officer, has served in the Persian Gulf War, Haiti, Bosnia, and Iraq. His work has previously appeared in The Washington Post, The Washington Times and The Military Intelligence Professional Bulletin.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments     Foreword     Preface     1 Here Am I, Let Me Go     2 It Seemed a Little Like War     3 Hard Marches to Yorktown     4 A Promise of Perfect Success     5 You Will See Enough of Them Before Night     6 Revenge for McLane     7 An Unlucky Field     8 Armies Broken and Divided     9 Mournful Cries in the Stillness of the Night     10 The Tempest and Whirlwind of Battle     11 The Rocky Hill     Epilogue: For None Others Can Know      Notes     Bibliography     Index

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