The Boys of Adams' Battery G: The Civil War Through the Eyes of a Union Light Artillery Unit

by Robert Grandchamp

Overview

Raised from Rhode Island farmers and millworkers in the autumn of 1861, the Union soldiers of Battery G fought in such bloody conflicts as Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, and Cedar Creek. At the storming of Petersburg on April 2, 1865, seven cannoneers were awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in the face of the enemy. This history captures the battlefield exploits of the "Boys of Hope" but also depicts camp life, emerging cannon technology, and the social events of the Civil War.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786444731
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	08/20/2009
Pages:	313
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.63(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The author of 15 books on American military history, Robert Grandchamp lives in Jericho, Vermont, where he works as an analyst with the government.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

List of Maps      viii
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Glenn Laxton     
Introduction     

1. Traditions     
2. Organization and Equipment     
3. Recruiting     
4. Duty on the Potomac     
5. The Peninsula     
6. “A Savage Continual Thunder”     
7. First Fredericksburg     
8. The Death Warrant     
9. Gettysburg     
10. Winter at Brandy     
11. Overland to Richmond     
12. Into the Valley     
13. Bloody Autumn     
14. Consolidation     
15. “The Forlorn Hope”     
16. Taps     

Appendix I: Roster of Battery G, First Rhode Island Light Artillery     
Appendix II: Roster of Attached Men     
Appendix III: Casualties of Battery G, First Rhode Island Light Artillery           
Appendix IV: Enlistments by Town     
Appendix V: Occupations of Battery G Soldiers     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

Good battery studies do not exactly abound in the Civil War literature, making Grandchamp’s book all the more important, both as a font of information and an example for others to follow. The Boys of Adams’ Battery G is a fine unit history. Highly recommended”—Civil War Books and Authors.

From the Publisher

Good battery studies do not exactly abound in the Civil War literature, making Grandchamp's book all the more important, both as a font of information and an example for others to follow. The Boys of Adams' Battery G is a fine unit history. Highly recommended

Civil War Books and Authors