The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War

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The 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War is written by Eric R. Faust and published by McFarland. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1476663165 (ISBN 10) and 9781476663166 (ISBN 13).

The hard-fighting 11th Michigan Volunteer Infantry was recruited from sparsely settled southwest Michigan shortly after the Civil War broke out. Mainly composed of young farmers and tradesmen, the regiment rapidly evolved into one of the Army of the Cumberland's elite combat units, tenaciously fighting its way through some of the war's bloodiest engagements. This book--featuring a complete unit roster--chronicles the regiment through the words of the veterans, tracing their development from a rabble of idealists into a fine-tuned fighting machine that executed successful bayonet charges against superior numbers. The narrative continues into the postwar period, discussing the ex-soldiers' careers through Reconstruction and the Gilded Age. Photographs, maps, illustrations and a statistical analysis round out the work.