Bruce, George A. Twentieth regiment of Massachusetts volunteer infantry, 1861–1865. **$2.50. Houghton.
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Popularly known as the Harvard regiment because officered by young men just out of the university, the Twentieth Massachusetts was a part of the Second corps of the Army of the Potomac. Among the engagements especially dealt upon are Ball’s Bluff, Fair Oaks, the Seven days’ battles, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Wilderness and Spottsylvania.
“One of the best of recent regimental histories. The narrative is full of valuable sidelights.”
| + + | Am. Hist. R. 12: 210. O. ’06. 70w. |
“This volume deserves large folded maps to replace the meagre ones it offers, and it is too valuable to remain, like a novel or a fairy tale, without an index.”
| + + − | Nation. 83: 78. Jl. 26, ’06. 630w. | |
| R. of Rs. 34: 124. Jl. ’06. 70w. |
Bruce, Jerome. Studies in black and white. $1.50. Neale.
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