Distant Drums: Herkimer County, New York in the War of the Rebellion

Krutz, David P.

ISBN 10: 0925168424 / ISBN 13: 9780925168429

Published by North County Books, Utica, New York, 1997

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Detailed history of the soldiers and civilians in this upstate New York county during the American Civil War. The county raised four regiments, two of which--the 97th (Conkling Rifles) and 121st--fought in the major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac and are included in William Fox's 300 "Fighting Regiments" of the Union Army. Black cloth with bright silver spine title. Contents clean and bright with black and white photographs, illustrations, and maps. Color pictorial dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 004974

Bibliographic Details

Title: Distant Drums: Herkimer County, New York in ...

Publisher: North County Books, Utica, New York

Publication Date: 1997

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First Edition

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Synopsis:

Distant Drums is not a tale of great generals, glorious campaigns, or of distinguished statesmen. It is the story of the people of Herkimer County, New York; people not unlike their brethren of the North or their enemies of the South, caught up in the cataclysm that was the Civil War. It is a story best told by that community of common folk and therefore it relies most heavily on personal letters, regimental histories and articles from the county's major newspaper, the Herkimer County Journal.