Set of 4 Union Army memoirs Reprints of rare Civil War books
1. In and out of Rebel Prisons by Alonzo Cooper - Cooper was a lieutenant in the 12th New York Cavalry in General Henry Wessells's brigade. Cooper and general Wessells were captured during the battle of Plymouth, North Carolina in early 1864. The Union Army suffered more than 2,800 casualties during the campaign. CSA general Robert Hoke was promoted to Major General for his victory here. Cooper recounts life in the Macon, Georgia prison where he was sent. He lists a partial roster of all the prisoners there from generals to privates. Reprint of the 1888. book
2. Army Memoirs by Lucius W. Barber - This a reprint of Barber's 1894 memoirs. Barber was a sergeant in 15th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and his wonderful memoirs cover the period from 1861-1865. The regiment was at First Bull Run (First Manassas), Shiloh, Corinth, Holly Springs, Siege of Vicksburg, and Sherman's March to Sea. He proved an excellent roster of the 15th in the appendix.
3. The Citizen Soldier by John Beatty - Beaty was the lieutenant colonel of the Third Ohio Volunteer Infantry. The regiment was first mustered for three months and the re-organized for three years in June 1861. It served in West Virginia under McClellan, fought at Cheat Mountain, occupied Nashville, then fought at Perryville, Stones River, participated in the pursuit John Hunt Morgan and then was on garrison duty in Chattanooga. This is a reprint of Beatty's 1879 work. Beatty notes that he didn't try to provide a regimental history, but a "record ... of matters which came under his own observation and of camp gossip and rumors, tiffing incidents" and some minor and great events.
4. Three Years in the Sixth Corps by George T. Stevens - Stevens was the surgeon of the 77th Regiment of New York Volunteers. Stevens wrote his memoirs just after the war ended so the events were fresh in his mind. This is a marvelous reprint of the 1868 edition.
The storied VI Corps, also called the Sixth Army Corps, wasorganized on May 18, 1862, by combining Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin'sDivision with Maj. Gen. William F. Smith's Division, which was detached fromthe IV Corps. This provisional corps was later permanently designated as the VIArmy Corps, Army of the Potomac, with Franklin as its first commander and HenryW. Slocum taking over Franklin's division. By June 20, 1862, the corps numbered24,911 men, with 19,405 present for duty and 40 artillery guns under MajorGeneral John Sedgwick.
The VI Corps fought in most ofthe Army of the Potomac’s major campaigns including: the Peninsula Campaign, SevenDays Battles, and the Maryland Campaign. At Gettysburg the corps arrived aftera 30-mile march on July 2, 1863, and its brigades were deployed across thebattlefield, assisting in repulsing Confederate assaults and holding keypositions near Round Top. It thwarted Jubal Early Raid on Washington in July1864 and was part of Phil Sheridan’s Shenandoah campaign in 1864.
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