16th Michigan Infantry

By Kim Crawford

Here is the narrative history of the 16th Michigan, from its formation as Stockton's Independent Regiment on through its service in the Eastern Theater of the war, beginning in the spring of 1861when Col. Thomas B.W. Stockton, attempting to answer the direct call of President Abraham Lincoln, found his path to command a state regiment blocked by Michigan Governor Austin Blair. Also presented is the previously untold story of the ill-fated Michigan Lancer Regiment, and how nearly 200 men who had originally wanted to fight in the manner of knights of old ended up in Stockton's command. Recounted too is the regiment's role in the nightmarish battles that took place in darkness at Gaines? Mill, Fredericksburg and Laurel Hill at Spotsylvania Court House, and in daylight attacks and charges across open ground at the Second Battle of Bull Run and Peeble's Farm.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0890293384
• ISBN13: 9780890293386
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Morningside Bookshop
• Length: 645 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.