Behind the Guns: The History of Battery I, 2nd Regiment, Illinois Light Artillery (Shawnee Classics) - Softcover

" The history prepared by Brown, Murphy, and Putney benefits greatly, both in substance and in readability, from Walton' s expert editing. Especially valuable is the information, gleaned largely from unit rolls and other original sources, on nativity, occupation and age of officers and men, and on the unit' s organization, equipment, and assignments." -- Bell I. Wiley, "Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society " "The history prepared by Brown, Murphy, and Putney benefits greatly, both in substance and in readability, from Walton's expert editing. Especially valuable is the information, gleaned largely from unit rolls and other original sources, on nativity, occupation and age of officers and men, and on the unit's organization, equipment, and assignments."--Bell I. Wiley, "Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society " The history prepared by Brown, Murphy, and Putney benefits greatly, both in substance and in readability, from Walton s expert editing. Especially valuable is the information, gleaned largely from unit rolls and other original sources, on nativity, occupation and age of officers and men, and on the unit s organization, equipment, and assignments. Bell I. Wiley, Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society "

Much has been written of the infantry and cavalry of the American Civil War, but this volume provides a regimental history of a light artillary unit discussing the variety of weapons used by the unit and was originally written by three of its soldiers, including the bugler.