Behind the Guns: The History of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery

by Thaddeus C.S. Brown, Samuel J. Murphy, William G. Putney, et al.

Book Overview

Much has been written of the infantry and the cavalry during the Civil War, but little attention has been paid the artillery. Through the battles of Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge in 1863 and the Atlanta Campaign of 1864 and with General Sherman's forces on the famous March to the Sea, the acts of a courageous fighting group are vividly recounted in Behind the Guns: The History of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery. Originally...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809323427
• ISBN13: 9780809323425
• Release Date: September 2000
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"