First for the Union: Life and Death in a Civil War Army Corps from Antietam to Gettysburg
Language: English
Published by Stackpole Books, 2020
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- Title
- First for the Union: Life and Death in a Civil War Army Corps from Antietam to Gettysburg
- Author
- Wipperman, Darin
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- Publication year
- 2020
- Condition
- As New
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0811739635
- ISBN 13
- 9780811739634
- Item weight
- 22 ounces
- Dimensions
- 6x0x9
The First Corps’ leadership included two generals who would rise to command the Army of the Potomac—Joseph Hooker and George Meade—and a third who refused that command, John Reynolds, often considered the best commander in the East until his death at Gettysburg. The corps was made up heavily of men from New York and Pennsylvania (including the famous Bucktails), with a handful of New England regiments and the Midwesterners of the Iron Brigade, perhaps the Civil War’s most famous Union brigade.
Corps histories remain one of the last gaps in Civil War military history. Hundreds of regimental histories have been written since war’s end, many brigades have been covered, the armies have been explored . . . but corps remain relatively overlooked—not because they are an unimportant or unappealing subject, but because mastering the subject is so difficult, requiring knowledge of many commanders’ careers, dozens of constituent units, and many battles. Few are willing to tackle the subject. Lucky for us, Darin Wipperman has taken on the task and produced a monumental history of the Army of the Potomac’s First Corps, well written and deftly told, an exciting story in itself and, like all great unit histories, one that is representative of the many other corps in the Union army.
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