Description
This fantastically written regimental history relates the 117th’s activities along the Atlantic coast, including the Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, the Siege of Petersburg, the Battle of Chaffins Farm, Ft. Fisher, Ft. Gilmer, the Bermuda Hundred, the capture of Ft. Fisher, and campaigns in North Carolina. The regiment was once shaped in Utica/Rome, NY & the encircling house in August, 1862, and mustered out of service in June, 1865. Features a complete roster, a portion of obituaries, illustrations, and an appendix detailing jail life at Andersonville by Alexander McLean who was once captured before Drewry’s Bluff on Would possibly 16, 1864, and paroled on April 23, 1865. This reprint of the 1866 original has been totally indexed. Illustrations of regimental officers have been added. Foreword by Edwin C. Bearss; 352 pgs, 5½”x 8½”, hardcover I Illustrations I pH neutral pape.