CALHOUN, W[illiam] L[owndes].

History of the 42d Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, Confederate States

Item #68430

(GEORGIA REGIMENTAL). CALHOUN, W[illiam] L[owndes]. History of the 42d Regiment, Georgia Volunteers, Confederate States Army, Infantry. Atlanta: [Sisson, Print.], 1900. 1st ed. 45pp. Illus., portrait. Later 3/4 brown morocco, raised spine bands, original printed wrappers bound in. Light foxing to wrappers, else a very good copy. HOWES C-33. Dornbusch II, 292. DeRenne III, 969. Pages 5-28 comprise a complete roster of the regiment by companies. The 42nd Georgia was organized on March 4, 1862, and elected Col. (later Brig. Gen.) Robert J. Henderson as its commanders. Its companies hailed from Gwinnett, Milton, DeKalb, Newton, Walton, and Fulton counties. Attached to the Army of Tennessee, the 42nd engaged in a number of battles in the western theater, including Vicksburg, Rocky Face, and Mill Creek Gap. Accounts of these actions are included, as is a description of the unit's last action at Bentonville, North Carolina, in March 1865. A former owner has identified each company by county, instead of by letter.

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