On Many a Bloody Field

<p> . . . an excellent unit history of a renowned regiment . . . --The Civil War News<br /><br /> . . . American history on a human scale . . . --Kirkus Reviews<br /><br />The author gives some of the best descriptions of the daily life of a Civil War soldier that can be found anywhere. --Library Journal<br /><br /><i>On Many a Bloody Field</i> is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship and painstaking historical research. --The Bookwatch<br /><br />. . . meticulously researched day-by-day history of Company B 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment. . . . [T]he real essence of this book is its detailed attention to the common soldiers. . . . [A]s a representative of its genre it probably is without many peers. --Journal of Southern History<br /><br /><i>On Many a Bloody Field</i> follows one of the Civil War's most famous combat organizations--Company B 19th Indiana Volunteers of the Iron Brigade in a vivid account of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Alan Gaff follows the men from recruitment through mustering out from the tedium of camp to the excitement of battle. A close-up view of the experience of war told from the soldiers' perspective often in the words of the men themselves.</p>