| American Civil War Armies (3): Specialist Troops Contributor(s): Katcher, Philip (Author), Volstad, Ronald (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 085045722X ISBN-13: 9780850457223 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1986 Annotation: An unrivalled source of information on the uniforms, insignia and appearance of the world's fighting men of past and present. The 'Men-At-Arms' titles cover subjects as diverse as the Imperial Roman army, the Napoleonic wars and German airborne troops in a popular 48-page format including some 40 photographs and diagrams, and eight full-colour plates. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | Military - United States |
| Dewey: 355.140 |
| Series: Men-At-Arms (Osprey) |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 7.3" W x 9.74" (0.30 lbs) 48 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Civil War - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: At the time of the American Civil War (1861-1865), with two million men under arms, a US Army that in pre-war days had depended upon a minute number of technical troops now required virtually an army of specialists alone. Special sharpshooters were recruited for skirmishing duty; men whose wounds would have led to their discharge in the past now found themselves guarding important posts in the Veteran Reserve Corps; and large numbers of civilians found themselves in uniform as members of the Telegraph or Hospital Corps. Philip Katcher examines the organization and uniforms of the specialist troops who served in the armies of both sides. |