Units choosen

[trippcor]

Just a quick update, we have choosen the units we will be portraying at next years event. I don't have my notes in front of me but if memory serves here is are the units:

US - 29th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
CS- 14th Louisana Sharpshooters & 32nd Alabama Consolidated & 9th Texas Cav,

Expect more information to be coming out later this week including event website and history.

[Charles Heath]

For those who like to get a head start on their reading, here's the unit bibs from the USAMHI:

USAMHI
RefBranch
laf & ds Jul 96



29th Ohio Infantry


Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 2. Dayton, OH:
Morningside, 1979. Ref.
See p. 1510 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Ohio. Gettysburg Memorial Comm. Report of the.... Columbus, OH: Nitschke Bros, l887.
E475.53O37.
See pp. 33-34 (2 photocopied pages) for the inscription of the regimental monument at the Gettysburg Battlefield.

. Roster Comm. Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio in the War of the Rebellion. Vol. 3. Cincinnati, OH: Ohio Valley Pub & Mfg Co, l886. pp. 351-93 & 742-47. E525.3038v3. (Unit roster and list of wartime deaths).

Reid, Whitelaw. Ohio in the War: Her Statesmen, Her Generals and Soldiers.... Vol. 2.
Cincinnati, OH: Wilstach, Baldwin, 1872. E525R342v2.
See pp. 197-99 (2 photocopied pages) for a brief regimental history and roster of officers.

SeCheverell, John N. Journal History of the Twenty-ninth Ohio Veteran Volunteers, l86l-l865.
Cleveland, OH: n.p., l883. 284 p. E525.5.29th.S42.


The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Ames, Lyman D. - CWTIColl (Chaplain's diary, 1863-65)
Sterrett, Alonzo H. - LeighColl Bk 20: 37-38 (Enlisted man's letters, Feb 22 & Aug 13, 1862)

...and for the Rebbanese Liberation Army:

USAMHI
RefBranch
laf Jul 95



14th Louisiana Infantry Battalion (Sharpshooters)


Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr. Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, l86l-l865. Baton Rouge:
LSU, 1989. E565.4B47.
See pp. 167-68 (2 photocopied pages) for a brief unit history and roster of officers.

Booth, Andrew B. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands. 3 vols. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1984. E565.3L872.
Alphabetized list of Louisiana's soldiers, which includes a brief summary of each man's service.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 13: Louisiana. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1988. 631 p. E484C65.1987v13.
Contains numerous, scattered references to Louisiana units.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books,
1987. Ref.
See p. 149 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the battalion's service.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Louisiana. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
p. 95 (1 photocopied page). E565S53.

...and here's hoping this is the right 35th Ala. Infantry.....

USAMHI
HistServices
26 Oct 01



35th Alabama Infantry Regiment


Banning, Leroy F. Regimental History of the 35th Alabama Infantry, 1962-1865. Bowie, MD:
Heritage, 1999. 152 p. E551.5.35th.B36.

Brewer, Willis. Brief Historical Sketches of Military Organizations Raised in Alabama During the
Civil War. Montgomery, AL: AL CW Centennial Comm, 1962. pp. 643-44 (1 photocopied page). E551.4B74. (Brief history and roster of officers).

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 8: Alabama. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1987. pp. 167-69 (2 photocopied pages). E484C65.1987v8. (Brief unit history).

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books,
1987. Ref.
See pp. 24-25 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Goodloe, Albert T. Confederate Echoes: A Soldier's Personal Story of Life in the Confederate
Army.... Wash, DC: Zenger Pub Co, l983. 444 p. E605G66.

_____. Some Rebel Relics From the Seat of War. Nashville, TN: Privately Printed, l893. 315 p.
E605G65.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Alabama. NY: Facts on File, 1992.
pp. 103-05 (2 photocopied pages). E551S53. (Unit organizational history).


The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Madding, James E. - LeighColl Bk l0: 67 (Capt's letters from prison, Jan 12 & 15, 1865)

For the Ross fans:

USAMHI
HistServices
18 Jan 02



9th Texas Cavalry Regiment


Bates, James C. A Texas Cavalry Officer's Civil War: The Diary and Letters of .... [Ed by Richard
Lowe] Baton Rouge: LSU, 1999. 366 p. E580.6.9th.B37.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 15: Texas. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1989. E484C65.1987v15.
Contains numerous, scattered references to Texas units.

Crabb, Martha L. All Afire to Fight: The Untold Tale of the Civil War's Ninth Texas Cavalry.
NY: Avon, 2000. 423 p. E580.6.9th.C33.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent, 1987. Ref.
See p. 328 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Davis, Jim. The Cypress Rangers in the Civil War: The Experiences of 85 Confederate Cavalrymen
From Texas. Texarkana, TX: Heritage Oak Pr, 1992. 157 p. E580.6.9th.D38.
Co F.

Fitzhugh, Lester N. Texas Batteries, Battalions, Regiments, Commanders and Field Officers,
Confederate States Army, l86l-l865. Midlothian, TX: Mirror Pr, 1959. E580.3F5.
See p. 15 (1 photocopied page) for a list of officers.

Griscom, George L. Fighting With Ross' Texas Cavalry Brigade, C.S.A.: The Diary of...,
Adjutant, 9th Texas Cavalry Regiment. [Ed by Homer L. Kerr] Hillsboro, TX: Hill JR. Coll Pr, 1976. 255 p. E580.4R6G75.

Hodgson, Matthew. "Bampson of Bampson's Legion, an Informal Study of Confederate Command."
CW Hist (Jun 1960): pp. 157-69 (13 photocopied pages). Per.

Rose, Victor M. Ross' Texas Brigade: Being a Narrative of Events Connected With Its Service in
the Late War Between the States. Louisville, KY: Courier-Journal, l88l. 185 p. E580.4R6R68.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 61-63 (3 photocopied pages). E580S53. (Unit organizational history).

Sparks, A. W. The War Between the States, As I Saw It: Reminiscent Historical and Personal.
Longview, TX: D&D Pub, l987. 393 p. E580.4R6S62.

Wright, Marcus J., comp. Texas in the War, l86l-l865. [Ed. by Harold B. Simpson] Hillsboro,
TX: Hill Jr Coll Pr, l965. E5809W7.
Contains numerous references to Texas units.

More fun than a barrel of Joseph Crute books.