Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      vii
Preface      1

1. Saved by Sumter      7
2. “You Are All Green Alike”      18
3. The Fighting 69th      27
4. Standing by the Union      35
5. Commissioning a Brigade      43
6. Frolics and Frustrations      54
7. Fort Monroe to Fair Oaks      61
8. “Column of Generous Friends”      73
9. To Malvern Hill      79
10. Rebels Resurgent      88
11. “The Longest Saddest Day”      97
12. To Fredericksburg      107
13. Visions of Hell      117
14. “Our Noble Little Brigade Has Almost Disappeared”      131
15. A Sideshow of the Big Show      147
16. Gettysburg—The “Terifick Battle”      153
17. Fire in the Rear      163
18. “What There Is Left of It”      171

Notes      181
Bibliography      197
Index      201