GETTYSBURG CHRONICLE Posts a Great Review of "The Petersburg Regiment"

    Here is the link to a great review of The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War:  A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1865 posted in the GETTYSBURG CHRONICLE.  There have also been positive reviews in Midwest Book Club, Civil War Books and Authors, Virginia Gazette, TimeLines, Tennessee Valley Civil War Round Table, Amazon, Beyond the Crater and Civil War Times.

https://www.gettysburgchronicle.com/book-reviews/a-regiment-comes-alive

    The Petersburg Regiment would make an excellent Christmas gift for those who enjoy eyewitness accounts of the Civil War.  The book includes written accounts of the war by more than 30 of the regiment's soldiers, not including accounts by still more of the 12th's soldiers recorded by others.  The accounts cover not only the battles of the Army of Northern Virginia from Seven Pines/Fair Oaks (June 1, 1862) through Cumberland Church (April 7, 1865), but the camp life in between.  

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https://www.savasbeatie.com/the-petersburg-regiment-in.../

    Next year I'll have a related article out in GETTYSBURG MAGAZINE entitled, "The Myth that Mahone's Brigade Did Not Move on July 2, 1863."

A Positive Review of "The Petersburg Regiment" in CIVIL WAR TIMES

    The October issue of Civil War Times included a positive review by Thomas Zacharis of my most recent book, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War:  A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1865 (Savas Beatie, 2019).  The book won the 2019 Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Writing Award for Unit History.  

    The soldiers of this unusually literate regiment did most of the distinguished writing.  They left firsthand accounts of the Army of Northern Virginia's battles from Seven Pines/Fair Oaks (June 1, 1862) through Cumberland Church (April 7, 1865).  They also depicted camp life between battles in great detail.  More than thirty of the regiment's soldiers left written accounts of their experiences, and that does not include the many accounts of soldiers recorded by others. 

    The Civil War Times review concludes:

     "With losses of more than 57 percent at Crampton's Gap, Md., and more than 41 percent at Globe Tavern, Va., the 12th Virginia might have had a place among the most distinguished U.S. Army regiments, had it fought for the Union cause.  As is, The Petersburg Regiment deserves a fitting place among Civil War unit histories."

A Pleasant Evening at the New Civil War Round Table in Northwest Indiana

The new Civil War Round Table in Cedar Lake, Indiana gave me a pleasant welcome last night.  The subject of the talk was my most recent book, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War:  A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown's Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1865 (Savas Beatie, 2019).  The talk focused on the most vivid and prolific of the regiment's many writers.  The book won the 2019 Army Historical Foundation Award Distinguished Writing in Unit History.  Most of the distinguished writing was done by the soldiers.

    James Edward "Eddie" Whitehorne                                       George S. Bernard

       Courtesy of Fletcher L. Elmore                            Courtesy of Virginia Historical Society

    First Lieutenant Joseph Richard Manson                Private Philip Whitlock (in kepi, upper right)

            Courtesy of Richard Cheatham                           Courtesy of Virginia Historical Society