Boys of Adams' Battery G

The author of 15 books on American military history, Robert Grandchamp lives in Jericho, Vermont, where he works as an analyst with the government.

• Table of ContentsList of Maps      viiiAcknowledgments      Foreword by Glenn Laxton      Introduction      1. Traditions      2. Organization and Equipment      3. Recruiting      4. Duty on the Potomac      5. The Peninsula      6. “A Savage Continual Thunder”      7. First Fredericksburg      8. The Death Warrant      9. Gettysburg      10. Winter at Brandy      11. Overland to Richmond      12. Into the Valley      13. Bloody Autumn      14. Consolidation      15. “The Forlorn Hope”      16. Taps      Appendix I: Roster of Battery G, First Rhode Island Light Artillery      Appendix II: Roster of Attached Men      Appendix III: Casualties of Battery G, First Rhode Island Light Artillery            Appendix IV: Enlistments by Town      Appendix V: Occupations of Battery G Soldiers      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“Good battery studies do not exactly abound in the Civil War literature, making Grandchamp’s book all the more important, both as a font of information and an example for others to follow. The Boys of Adams’ Battery G is a fine unit history. Highly recommended”—Civil War Books and Authors.