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Item# APS 23
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Title: History of the 49th Pennsylvania Volunteers
Author: Robert S. Westbrook
Notes: 321 pp., Photos, Roster, Union Bookshelf #203

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“A better-than-average, daily account of the life and campaigns of a unit in the VI Corps; Westbrook used a number of rich sources, including the diaries of eight of his comrades.” Civil War Books.


Item# APS 24
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Title: Correspondence of John Sedgwick
Notes: 2 Volumes in 1, 453 pp.

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“Volume II contains the only known papers of the beloved commander of the VI Corps who was killed at Spotsylvania.” Civil War Books. Volume I contains pre-war letters, including many from the Mexican War.


Item# APS 25
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Title: Major-General Darius Nash Couch
Author: Al Gambone
Notes: 335 pp., Dust Jacket, Photos, Maps, Illus.

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Couch was a member of the famous West Point class of 1846. Couch “...distinguished himself as a combat commander during the early days of the Army of the Potomac and at the 1864 Battle of Nashville. As a commander of the Department of the Susquehanna, Couch had the thankless task of defending the State of Pennsylvania during two destructive Confederate incursions....this work will long stand as the definitive biography of the general.” Ted Alexander.


Item# APS 26
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Title: Diary of a Young Army Officer
Author: Josiah Favill
Notes: 298 pp., Photos

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“An almost complete day-by-day account by a young officer who campaigned from First Bull Run through Spotsylvania.” Civil War Books. Favill served in the 57th New York and also on General Zook’s staff.


Item# APS 27
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Title: History of the First Vermont Cavalry Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion
Edited by Elliot W. Hoffman
Notes: 398 pp., Maps, 44 Photos

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This is a previously unpublished memoir and regimental history by Horace Knight Ide, a member of the unit. The cavalry regiment served in the Eastern theater: campaigning in the Shenandoah Valley; fighting against Mosby; riding against CSA cavalry in the Gettysburg, Rappahannock, Wilderness, Yellow Tavern, and Haw’s Shop conflicts; and taking part in the Appomattox surrender.


Item# APS 28
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Title: Drum Taps in Dixie: Memories of a Drummer Boy, 1861-1865
Author: Delavan S. Miller
Notes: 256 pp., Dust Jacket, Illus.

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Miller served as a drummer in co. H, 2nd New York Heavy Artillery Regiment which became one of the units transferred to infantry duty in the Army of the Potomac in 1864. Miller saw action at Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and Appomattox.

Miller is one of the personalities that visitors may follow at Pamplin Park.


Item# APS 29
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Title: “Duty Well Done”: The History of Edward Baker’s California Regiment 71st Pennsylvania Infantry
Author: Gary Lash
Notes: 623 pp., 164 Illus. & Photos, 19 Maps, Dust Jacket, 1st edition, 8 ½ x 11 size

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The 71st Pa. Vol. served at Ball’s Bluff. Later, the unit saw heavy action on the Peninsula. At Antietam, the regiment suffered its greatest loss when ambushed in the West Woods. Later in the war, the unit assaulted Marye’s Heights, helped repulse Pickett’s Charge, and served in the 1864 Overland Campaign.


Item# APS 30
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Title: “Dear Friends at Home”: The Civil War Letters and Diaries of Sergeant Charles T. Bowen, Twelfth United States Infantry 1861-1864
Edited by Edward K. Cassedy
Notes: 603 pp., Photos, Illus., Dust Jacket, 1st edition

Product Description:
Bowen joined the 12th US Infantry in 1861. During his 3 years of enlistment, he rose to the rank of sergeant. He participated in 15 battles from Yorktown to Petersburg. His descriptions of army life and of combat are often graphic. He comments on leaders, officers, and political affairs. Memoirs by US Regulars are few and far between. This particular memoir is quoted frequently in Jeff Wert’s The Sword of Lincoln.


Item# APS 31
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Title: “Old Waddy’s Coming”: The Military Career of Brigadier General James S. Wadsworth
Author: John F. Krumwiede
Notes: 194 pp., Dust Jacket, Maps, Illus.

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This biography focuses on Wadsworth’s war record. He served on McDowell’s staff at 1st Bull Run, commanded the defenses of Washington during the Peninsula Campaign, played a key role at Chancellorsville & Gettysburg, and was mortally wounded at the Wilderness. Krumwiede provides excellent material on all of these campaigns. Well researched!


The following Army of the Potomac Series titles are either out of print or in very limited quantities:

Mark, A History of the 93rd Regt. Penna. Vol. (APS 1)
Thomson, Narrative of the 7th Indiana Inf. (APS 2)
Denison, Sabres and Spurs (APS 3)
Tevis & Marquis, History of the Fighting Fourteenth (APS 4)
Muffley, The Story of Our Regiment, 148th Pa. (APS 6)
McLean, Cutler’s Brigade at Gettysburg (APS 7)
Thomas, The CW Letters of James B. Thomas (APS 11)
Best, History of the 121st NY (APS 12)
Kiefer, History of the 153rd Penna, Vol. (APS 15)
Rhodes, History of Battery B, 1st Rhode Island Art. (APS 16)
Parker, History of the 51st Penna. Vol. (APS 20)
Keating, Carnival of Blood (APS 22)

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