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by George T. Stevens (Author)
The history of a famous Union Army corps by one its members The Sixth Corps, army of the Potomac was formed in 1862 under the command of Major General William B. Franklin. Stevens, the author of this book was a serving soldier in the corps and ably complements this essential history of a Union Army fighting corps with his own personal eye-witness accounts of life on campaign and on the battlefield. This is a comprehensive account of the American Civil war from the perspective of one army corps of the Union Army. Its contents are a veritable roll of battle honours including among many-Manassas, Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Brandy Station, Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Cedar Creek and the Appomattox campaign. An essential volume for every student of the conflict between the States.
