History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry write by William Hewitt. This book was released on 1892. History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry write by William Hewitt. This book was released on 2010-12-27. History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Includes: The regimental history of the 12th West Virginia Infantry, originally published in 1892 The Story of Andersonville and Florence by James N. Miller A complete regimental roster and index An Excerpt: The attack on Fort Gregg, Petersburg, Virginia, April 2, 1865: ...when within 50 yards of the fort, Sergt. Emanuel M. Adams of Company D, color-bearer, fell wounded. The colors were picked up and bravely carried forward by Private Joseph R. Logsden of Company C, as the brigade charged on over the dead and wounded of the First Division. After our men had got into the ditch surrounding the fort, they remained there perhaps twenty minutes before they made an entrance. In the meantime the Rebels were throwing dirt, stones and various kinds of missiles upon them. At length as a movement toward entering the fort, the gallant Logsden undertook to plant the flag of the Twelfth upon the parapet, and was killed, falling back into the ditch. The colors were then seized by Lieut. Joseph Caldwell of Company A, who leaped upon the parapet, and in attempting to plant the colors there was killed, falling also into the ditch. The flag fell inside of the fort. Then the brave boys of the Twelfth rushed to the parapet to recover their flag. They were joined by comrades of the rest of the brigade. Pouring a volley into the Rebels, the boys of the Twelfth leaped into the fort and planted their flag on the parapet - the first colors on the Rebel works. Private Joseph McCauslin, Company D, and two comrades of the 12th received the Congressional Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the assault on Fort Gregg.
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry write by William Hewitt. This book was released on 1990. History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry write by William Hewitt. This book was released on 2015-06-24. History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Excerpt from History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry: The Part It Took in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 Comrades: You conferred upon me at our reunion, held at New Cumberland, in 1889, the honor of selecting me to compile a history of the Twelfth. The matter was taken into consideration afterward by me, and owing in part to the magnitude, burden and difficulty of the proposed task, my inexperience in this kind of undertaking, and because I believed that there were other survivors of the regiment much better qualified to write the history, it was concluded to forego the undertaking. But at our next reunion, because Col. Curtis was disappointed that nothing had been done in the matter of the history, and was anxious that it be written, and for the reason that the comrades present again expressed a desire that I should undertake the work, I promised to attempt it and do the best I could. Laboring under the unavoidable difficulties that it has been thirty years since the old Twelfth was making its history in the field, the almost total lack of official records pertaining exclusively to the regiment, and the uncertainty of memory at this late day, I have tried with reasonable fidelity to fulfill my promise. In reason more should not be expected. If you, the survivors of the Twelfth, be pleased with the history, this fact will be a sufficient reward for my labors; but, on the other hand, if it shall not come up to your expectations, you should be charitable to its faults and short comings, remembering that however great its imperfections you, yourselves, are largely responsible, for the task was not one of my own seeking, but was rather thrust upon me. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry write by William Hewitt. This book was released on 2014-02. History of the Twelfth West Virginia Volunteer Infantry available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book.
