Excerpt from Major General Ambrose E. Burnside and the Ninth Army Corps: A Narrative of Campaigns in North Carolina, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Mississippi and Tennessee, During the War for the Preservation of the Republic
My grateful acknowledgments are due to the officers of the Ninth Corps for acts of consideration and confidence, and for the readiness with which they have entrusted to me many of their cherished papers and documents. I wish expressly to declare my Obligations to Generals Burnside, Parke, Willcox, Cox, Potter and Ferrero, for repeated kindnesses to General S. G. Griffin, for the use Of his manuscript notes to General Loring, for many excellent suggestions and much indispensable information; to Lieutenant Colonel Larned, for constant and laborious cooperation, and to Alexander Farnum, Esq., of Providence, for most important assistance.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book is a comprehensive history of the Ninth Corps, the first military unit assigned to North Carolina during the Civil War. The author traces the corps' origins in the Burnside Expedition, which undertook amphibious landings on the coast of North Carolina in 1861, through to the end of the war in 1865. The author places the corps' service within the context of the major military campaigns of the war including the pivotal battles of Antietam and Fredericksburg. Along the way, the reader gets a glimpse of the evolution of amphibious warfare and the challenges faced by Union forces in navigating the unique geography of the North Carolina coast. Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. The digital edition of all books may be viewed on our website before purchase. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333929817_0
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