Norfolk Blues
the Civil War diary of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
by Walters, John
The Norfolk Blues were in the Civil War from its start, fighting in the land battles for control of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Later, they served with Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, fighting at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Courthouse, Cold Harbor, and Petersburg, until they finally came to Appomattox Courthouse.
This unusual history of volunteer artillery militiamen from their company's founding in 1829 to service in today's National Guard fills a gap in the still unfolding story of America's largest North American war.
This book gives the history of the volunteer artillery unit both in battle and in camp. The editor has enhanced this contemporaneous story with background material that sets the Blues' wartime bravery in the context of their militia service before and after the war and, through the rosters, shows the reader the human side of the 206 men who fought so bravely.
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Biography, Confederate Personal narratives, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Grandy's Battery, Diaries, History, Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Confederate, Regimental histories, Soldiers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Virginia Civil War, 1861-1865People
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Norfolk, Norfolk (Va.), United States, VirginiaTimes
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Norfolk Blues: the Civil War diary of the Norfolk Light Artillery Blues
1997, Burd Street Press
in English
1572490195 9781572490192
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-315) and index.
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