A Corporal's Story: Civil War Recollections of the Twelfth Massachusetts

by George Kimball and Alan D. Gaff

When George Kimball (1840-1916) joined the Twelfth Massachusetts in 1861, he'd been in the newspaper trade for five years. When he mustered out three years later, having been wounded at Fredericksburg and again at Gettysburg (mortally, it was mistakenly assumed at the time), he returned to newspaper life. There he remained, working for the Boston Journal for the next four decades. A natural storyteller, Kimball wrote often about his military...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806144807
• ISBN13: 9780806144801
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 343 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"