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The story of the Forty-eighth : a record of the campaigns of the Forty-eighth Regiment Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry during the four eventful years of its service in the war for the preservation of the Union / by Joseph Gould.

Author/creator Gould, Joseph, 1840-
Format Book and Print
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : [Forty-eighth] Regimental Association, 1908.
Description471 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Supplemental Content This title (via HathiTrust)
Subject(s)
Contents Formation of the regiment -- Our first camp-on to the front -- The Hatteras Epedition and the affair of Newberne -- Return to Virginia-Pope's campaign -- Second Bull Run -- South Mountain and Antietam -- The Fredericksburg campaign -- With Burnside to Lexington, Kentucky -- The Tennesse campaign -- Re-enlistment and a visit home -- The reorganization of the Forty-eighth regiment -- With the Army of the Potomac -- In front of Petersburg -- The Petersburg Mine -- The explosion and its results -- Later incidents and operations around Petersburg -- The assault on Fort Mahone -- The fall of Petersburg and the end of the war.
Local noteJoyner NC Rare copy (30372017636330) has errata (list of corrections) tipped in on flyleaf verso.
General note"By Joseph Gould, late Quartermaster Sergant of the Regiment, Mt. Carmel, Pa."--title page.
General noteIncludes folded map titled "Crater and vicinity, Petersburg, Va."
General noteUnit roster [399]-462.
References Dornbusch, C.E. Military bibliography of the Civil War, volume 1, part 4, p.46, 167
Other formsAlso issued online.
Acquisitions source Joyner NC Rare copy (30372017379196) purchased from Broadfoot Books, 3/18/20
Acquisitions source Joyner NC Rare copy (30372017636330) purchased from Broadfoot Books, 1/26/23
Issued in other formOnline version: Gould, Joseph, 1840- Story of the Forty-eighth. Philadelphia : [Forty-eighth] Regimental Association, 1908
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 08017383

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Rare E527.5 48TH .G68 1908 ✔ Available Request Material
Joyner NC Rare E527.5 48TH .G68 1908 ✔ Available Request Material