My Brave Boys: To War with Colonel Cross & the Fighting Fifth

SKU: 9781584652816

Using letters, diaries, and newspaper accounts, the authors shed light on the Civil War exploits of one of the most courageous and war-battered regiments in the Union Army—the "Fighting Fifth" of New Hampshire. 

Of the book, the Boston Globe wrote, "A lively history of the brave Fifth, deftly weaving the everyday cares of military life—homesickness, bad provisions, treacherous politics—with vivid battle scenses from some of the war's major encounters. In My Brave Boys, the terrible cost is personal and poignant, commen and heroic. . . . With the colorful retelling of stories such as this, they will never be forgotten."

Authors: Mike Pride and Mark Tavis
(Softcover; 323 pages; published 2001)