After a biographical introduction by the editor (except one soldier who remained an enigma) each individual story unfolds – one correspondent is captured; another serves as a prison camp guard; many are wounded The final letter of the only one killed in battle describes General Ulysses S. Grant\u2019s review of the regiment just before the horrific conflict in the Wilderness of Virginia where this young Vermonter would die,<\/p>\n
The book is illustrated with 30 engravings and prints, 15 maps, and 21 contemporary photographs, and contains Chapter Notes, Bibliography, and an extensive Index,<\/p>\n
Donald Wickman is a Vermont historian whose intense interest in the American Civil War led him to conduct extensive research on thirteen Vermonters identified only by initials, and the campaigns in which they took part. He has an MA in History from the University of Vermont.<\/p>\n
ISBN 978-1884592102
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In this first of two volumes of \u201cLetters to the Editor\u201d of the Rutland Herald, seven Vermont soldiers, six in the famous Vermont Brigade, and one in the 21st Massachusetts regiment, tell of Vermonters withstanding the brunt of Pickett\u2019s charge at Gettysburg, galloping around Lee\u2019s army in eastern Virginia, and garrisoning the beleaguered defenses of Washington D.C. in the Civil War, fighting for the Union, galloping around Lee’s army in eastern Virginia, and garrisoning the beleaguered defenses of Washington, D.C.
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