{"product_id":"three-years-in-the-bloody-joseph-gitcs-9780271058382","title":"Three Years in the \"Bloody Eleventh\": The Campaigns of a Pennsylvania Reserves Regiment","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailing from the Keystone State's rugged western counties, the Eleventh Pennsylvania Reserves was one of the Civil War's most heavily engaged units. Of more than 2,100 regiments raised by the North, it suffered the eighth highest percentage of battle deaths, earning it the gruesome sobriquet \"Bloody Eleventh.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eThree Years in the \"Bloody Eleventh\" \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of this often-overlooked element of the Army of the Potomac from before the war up through 1864. Drawing on letters, diaries, and archival documents, Joseph Gibbs writes of men such as Colonel Thomas Gallagher, who led his troops into battle smoking a cigar, and Samuel Jackson, who became the regiment's commander following Gallagher's promotion. He rediscovers the complexities of the men who commanded the brigades and divisions of which the Eleventh Reserves was a part--figures such as George Meade, John Reynolds, and Samuel Crawford. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Gibbs writes about the officers, he never loses sight of the men in the ranks who marched into places such as Gaines' Mill, Miller's Cornfield at Antietam, and the Wheatfield at Gettysburg. Nor does he forget the homes, wives, and children they left behind in western Pennsylvania. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith its meticulous research and lucid prose, \u003ci\u003eThree Years in the \"Bloody Eleventh\" \u003c\/i\u003eprovides both scholars and Civil War enthusiasts with an unprecedented look inside the trials and tribulations of one of the war's most battle-tested units.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Gibbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271058382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271058382\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.29lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.89d","brand":"Joseph Gibbs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056721096959,"sku":"9780271058382","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da07a809-488e-4a45-a76a-1c3a57e957c0.jpg?v=1685042890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/three-years-in-the-bloody-joseph-gitcs-9780271058382","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}