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."