Unit: 88th Pennsylvania
Unit Affiliation: (2), 3, V
Title: The Campfire Chronicles: The Words and Deeds of the 88th Pennsylvania 1861-1865
Author: Ayoub, Michael N.
BTC’s Take: A day by day account of the 88th Pennsylvania during its Civil War service. This reads more like a regimental itinerary than a cohesive narrative, but it is chock full of information on the regiment’s activities, locations, leaders, strengths, etc. and was an interesting read. He intersperses these facts with a LOT of first person accounts by the men who were there, letting them add to their story 150 years later. The down side is that this book has a lot of extremely confusing typos, and it’s clear the author isn’t all that familiar with some of the smaller fights which took place at Petersburg. That said, give this self-published book a chance. You will enjoy it.
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BTC Siege of Petersburg Book Notes:
Publisher: Xlibris, Corp.
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN-13: 978-1-44159-438-9
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