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Author Taylor, Paul, 1959- author.

Title Glory was not their companion : the Twenty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War / Paul Taylor.

Publication Info. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Physical Medium polychrome
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Note "The present work is a reprint of the illustrated case bound edition of ... first published in 2005 by McFarland"--Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. From the Pastoral Fields of Oneida County -- 2. A Long, Hot Washington Summer -- 3. On to Fort Lyon -- 4. Marching Orders! -- 5. A First Taste of Death -- 6. Maryland, My Maryland -- 7. The Fredericksburg Campaign -- 8. Into the Mud: January 1863 -- 9. A Less-Than-Glorious Finale: Chancellorsville and Home -- 10. 1863-1865 and the Postwar Years -- 11. Author's Afterword -- Appendix A: Command Within Campaigns and Post Assignments -- Appendix B: Regimental Roster -- Chapter Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary "Commendable ... excellent ... valuable"--The Civil War News; "book is of the highest production quality"--The Civil War Courier; "fine book"--Military Heritage Magazine; "Well researched ... extremely well written ... has a crispness and clarity often missing in [the competition]"--Ted Alexander, Senior Staff Historian, Antietam National Battlefield Park. This work covers the regiment's entire two-year term of enlistment from May 1861 to May 1863. It draws upon numerous unpublished letters and diaries from the collections of individuals, private libraries and public institutions, as well as contemporary newspapers and obscure government documents.
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Subject United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 26th (1861-1863)
United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 26th (1861-1863)
New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
New York (State) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Registers.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Regimental histories.
New York (State)
United States.
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Chronological Term 1861-1865
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Registers (Lists)
Registers (Lists)
Other Form: Print version: Taylor, Paul, 1959- Glory was not their companion 9780786449248 (OCoLC)751784335
ISBN 9781476611426 (electronic book)
1476611424 (electronic book)
9780786449248
0786449241