A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... Troop F , 7th Cavalry Regiment , 1st Cavalry Division in the Pacific . Troop F , in other days , had been one of the five troops of the 7th Cavalry that had been massacred with Custer at the Little Big Horn , and it must have appeared ...
... Troop F , 7th Cavalry Regiment , 1st Cavalry Division in the Pacific . Troop F , in other days , had been one of the five troops of the 7th Cavalry that had been massacred with Custer at the Little Big Horn , and it must have appeared ...
Page 58
... troops . One was the system of voluntary enlist- ment in the " volunteer regiments " provided for by Congress . The other was the draft upon the militia . In practice the two systems got all mixed up . Only July 2 , 1862 , President ...
... troops . One was the system of voluntary enlist- ment in the " volunteer regiments " provided for by Congress . The other was the draft upon the militia . In practice the two systems got all mixed up . Only July 2 , 1862 , President ...
Page 142
... troops went straight into the big hole , where it bogged down for the dura- tion of the fight . Altogether the attack was so slow in getting started and so badly coordinated after it did get under way that the surprised Con- federate ...
... troops went straight into the big hole , where it bogged down for the dura- tion of the fight . Altogether the attack was so slow in getting started and so badly coordinated after it did get under way that the surprised Con- federate ...
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