![]() ![]() “A History of the Ninety-sixth Pennsylvania Volunteers is one of the best Civil War regimental histories to be published in years.Wert, author of The Sword of Lincoln: The Army of the Potomac The book is filled with accounts by its members and all the intrigues that plagued volunteer units. Ward’s book has all the elements of a model regimental history from its moving narrative to its research in many unpublished manuscripts and newspapers. ![]() A regiment in the Army of the Potomac’s Sixth Corps, the 96th Pennsylvania served with distinction in the campaigns in the East. “David Ward’s The 96th Pennsylvania Volunteers in the Civil War is a fine history of the Infantry.In a crisp, well-organized fashion”- H-Net Reviews “A well written and thoroughly researched regimental history…a valuable addition to the scholarly coverage of the lives and experiences of Union combat soldiers during America’s costliest war.“Impressive recounting of the 96th Pennsylvania’s battlefield exploits”- Civil War Monitor. ![]()
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