The 101st Pennsylvania in the Civil War

The Author'S First Book The 50Th Pennsylvania'S Civil War Odyssey Addressed The Wartime Journey Of A Regiment That Fought In Six Southern States. In This His Second Civil War Tale You Follow The Hardships Faced By A Regiment That Fought In Only Two. It Fought In Mcclellan'S Virginia Peninsula Campaign And Then In Its Second Major Fight At Plymouth Nc In April 1864 The Entire Union Garrison Was Captured By General Hoke'S Confederate Forces. This Book Also Focuses On A Lucky Lieutenant From Bedford Pennsylvania Who Escaped From Rebel Captivity With Two Companions And With Help From Field Slaves And Unionists In The Mountains Of North Carolina And Tennessee Walked 250 Miles In 42 Days To Union Lines. His Regiment The 101St Pennsylvania Was Not So Fortunate. Captured In April Of 1864 In Its Entirety At Plymouth Nc Nearly Half Of Its Enlisted Men Perished In Confederate Pow Camps.