Senin, 30 April 2018

CWT Book Review: Seventh Rhode Island Infantry

The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War by Robert Grandchamp, McFarland & Co. Civil War fighting units derived much of their distinctive character from the states or counties from where their soldiers were recruited, but they also reflected the places where they fought, the larger formations to which they were attached and the …

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