The 25th North Carolina Troops in the Civil War: History and Roster of a Mountain-Bred Regiment - Softcover

Jones, Carroll C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786495553 ISBN 13: 9780786495559

Publisher: McFarland, 2014

Synopsis

Winner, Willie Parker Peace Award--North Carolina Society of Historians

This historical account covers the 25th Regiment North Carolina Infantry Troops during the Civil War. Farmers and farmers' sons left their mountain homesteads to enlist with the regiment at Asheville in July and August 1861 and to defend their homeland from a Yankee invasion. The book chronicles the unit's defensive activities in the Carolina coastal regions and the battlefield actions at Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Plymouth, Richmond and Petersburg. In addition, casualty and desertion statistics are included, along with a complete regimental roster and 118 photos, illustrations, and maps.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

This historical account covers the 25th Regiment North Carolina Infantry Troops during the Civil War. Farmers and farmers' sons left their mountain homesteads to enlist with the regiment at Asheville in July and August 1861 and to defend their homeland from a Yankee invasion. The book chronicles the unit's defensive activities in the Carolina coastal regions and the battlefield actions at Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Plymouth, Richmond and Petersburg. In addition, casualty and desertion statistics are included, along with a complete regimental roster and 118 photos, illustrations, and maps.

About the Author:

Engineering consultant Carroll C. Jones is a North Carolina native and Civil War enthusiast. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

About this edition

• Publisher: McFarland
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0786495553
• ISBN 13: 9780786495559
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 324