'There never was so fine an American army, ' wrote second-lieutenant, John Sedgwick, in describing the troops under Major-General Zachary Taylor in 1846. Another then second-lieutenant, destined to see many more armies; U.S. Grant, also thought highly of them: 'The rank and file were probably inferior ... to the volunteers that participated in all the later battles of the war; but they were brave men, and then drill and discipline brought out all...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0850452538
ISBN13:9780850452532
Release Date:May 1989
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:48 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.1" x 7.2" x 9.9"
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