Organized in May 1863 to meet the Union Army's growing manpower needs, the Invalid Corps -- later renamed the Veteran Reserve Corps -- was a unique military uni
" ... profiles ... contain an overview of each colonel's military career, including his previous ranks and commands; his occupation and education; his dates of
The fifth and final volume in the Colonels in Blue series, this book covers Civil War Union colonels who commanded regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops, the U.S
The Civil War was the most traumatic event in American history, pitting Americans against one another, rending the national fabric, leaving death and devastatio
THE Second Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was organized in April, 1861, immediately after the firing on Fort Sumter. Charles F. Morse was soon among them, even
