A history of the First regiment of Massachusetts cavalry volunteers /
by Benjamin W. Crowninshield ; with roster and statistics by D.H.L. Gleason.
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| In collection: | Stephen Griffin Collection |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, MD :
Butternut and Blue,
1995.
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| Series: | Army of the Potomac series ;
v. 5. |
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| Notes: | "For the First Massachusetts Cavalry Association." Reprint. Originally published: Boston : Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1891. Folded map in pocket. While one would not expect to see Irish represented in the officer corps, certainly not in the Boston of the mid-nineteenth century, they are strongly represented in the roster of enlisted men. As was the case with a number of Northern units, the officers in the cavalry outfits had little experience with actually riding a horse and had to be trained. One reads of some being strapped to their horses before entering combat. Physical description: x, 490 pages : frontispiece, plates, portraits, maps (partly fld.) ; 24 cm. more |
| ISBN: | 0935523510 9780935523515 |