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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Army of The Potomac"”.
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Voting with Their Feet: Union Desertion in the Army of the Potomac, 1861-1865
<p>Unlike most topics pertaining to the history of the American Civil War, the study of desertion has received little attention from historians of the conflict. The historiography of the Civil War is saturated with volumes of texts dealing with nearly every topic imaginable. Yet, in a war that is …
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The first battles for Petersburg, June 15-18, 1864
During June 15-18, 1864, the Federal Army of the Potomac launched a series of attacks against the vital Confederate rail center of Petersburg, Virginia. Union leaders believed that capturing Petersburg would force the abandonment of the Rebel capital at Richmond. The assaults failed, however, and …
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Campaigns of a veteran volunteer organization: the service of the 5th New York Veteran Volunteer Infantry, Duryee's Zouaves, 1863-1865
In May 1863, the end of service came to one of the most notable regiments in the Army of the Potomac. The 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, Duryée's Zouaves, returned home to be mustered out of service. In the fall of 1863, after being reorganized in the Manhattan area, the 5th New York again took …
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Soldaten Des Westens: An Analysis of the Wartime Experiences of Three German-American Regiments from the St. Louis-Bellville Region
<p>During the Civil War, Germans from the Greater St. Louis region enthusiastically volunteered for service in the Union Army and filled the companies of three regiments examined here: the 30<sup>th</sup> and 43<sup>rd</sup> Illinois and 12<sup>th</sup> Missouri Volunteer Infantry …
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The Forgotten Boys of the Ninth Corps: Reappraising the Combat Performance of the 31st Maine and 17th Vermont Volunteer Infantry Regiments
This dissertation explores the combat performance of the Union soldiers who filled newly-raised regiments that fought through the Civil War’s final year. Period observers and historians have typically regarded such later arrivals as substandard to the “Boys of ‘61” who enlisted at the war’s start. …
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Heart of the Commonwealth : the men of the Fifteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry & the Civil War, 1861-1864
This thesis examines the men who served in the Fifteenth Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry during the American Civil War. The regiment was formed in Worcester, Massachusetts in the summer of 1861 and served with the United States until the summer of 1864. The Fifteenth served with the …
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Beyond the ritual of exchange: The culture of alienation shared between soldiers along the Rappahannock during the winter of 1862--63
Between December 1862 and April 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac remained stalemated across from one another on the Rappahannock River. Following the victory at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Confederate Army held the city while the Union forces …