Blooding the Regiment An Account of the 22d

This is a rare and comprehensive study that combines combat, political, and administrative history. It shows the reader not only how this regiment fought, but also how it was administered, for better or for worse, how commissions were gained and lost, and how under the hammer blows of repeated battles, this unit eventually became one of the Union's most steadfast, reliable fighting formations.

Richard H. Groves has served as advisor to the secretary of defense for NATO affairs, and from 1976 to 1979 as U.S. Army chief of staff.

Preface

v

1 Positive Defiance

1

(6)

2 Called to Arms

7

(14)

3 Camp Utley

21

(12)

4 Cincinnati

33

(4)

5 Contrabands

37

(14)

6 The Abolition Regiment

51

(9)

7 A Bully Regiment

60

(13)

8 To the Front

73

(15)

9 Thompson's Station

88

(22)

10 Forrest Returns

110

(12)

11 Brentwood

122

(14)

12 Prisoners of War

136

(16)

13 Redemption and Release

152

(8)

14 Back to Duty

160

(16)

15 The Petition

176

(18)

16 Watchful Waiting

194

(19)

17 The Trial

213

(15)

18 In Limbo

228

(23)

19 The Purge

251

(18)

20 Opportunity Knocks Again

269

(15)

21 Moving to Contact

284

(13)

22 Redeemed by Fire at Resaca

297

(20)

23 The Yoke Is Lifted

317

(9)

24 Epilogue

326

(7)

Appendix A: The Booth Case

333

(3)

Appendix B: Wisconsin's Governors

336

(1)

Appendix C: Kentucky, Kentuckians, and "Kentucky Generals"

337

(3)

Appendix D: National Policy and the 22d Wisconsin

340

(5)

Appendix E: Copperheads-as Viewed by Wisconsin Soldiers

345

(2)

Appendix F: Exchanges of Officer Prisoners

347

(4)

Appendix G: Where Did the Arrested Officers Go?

351

(2)

Appendix H: Griffith and Burgess

353

(2)

Appendix I: Analysis of a Few of Resaca's Imponderables

355

(5)

Appendix J: How Owen Griffith Was Brevetted Major

360

(2)

Appendix K: Cast of Characters

362

(8)

Resources

370

(3)

Index

373

(11)

About the Author

384

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Blooding the Regiment An Account of the 22d Wisconsin's Long and Difficult Apprenticeship

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