The Chicago Board of Trade Battery in the Civil War /

The Chicago Board of Trade Battery in the Civil War /

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Author / Creator:	Belcher, Dennis W., 1950- author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]
Description:	ix, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Army. -- Chicago Board of Trade Light Artillery Battery (1862-1865) -- History. Military campaigns. Regimental histories. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12726965

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ISBN:	9781476683911 1476683913 9781476645629
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"In July 1862, the directors of the Chicago Board of Trade used their significant influence to organize perhaps the most prominent Union artillery unit west of the Mississippi. Enlistees were Chicagoans, mainly clerks. During the Civil War, the battery was involved in 11 major battles, 26 minor battles and 42 skirmishes. They held the center at Stones River, repulsing a furious Confederate attack. A few days later, they joined 50 other Union guns in stopping one of the most dramatic offensives in the Western Theater. With Colonel Robert Minty's cavalry, they resisted an overwhelming assault along Chickamauga Creek. This history chronicles the actions of the Chicago Board of Trade Independent Light Artillery at the battles of Farmington, Dallas, Noonday Creek, Atlanta, in Kilpatrick's Raid, and at Nashville, and Selma."--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Preface
Chapter 1. The Organization of the Battery and Movement to Kentucky
Chapter 2. On to Tennessee and the Battle of Stones River
Chapter 3. Horse Artillery and the Tullahoma Campaign
Chapter 4. March to Chickamauga Creek (July 5-September 17, 1863)
Chapter 5. Battle of Chickamauga and Wheeler's Raid
Chapter 6. 1864 and the Atlanta Campaign
Chapter 7. The Nashville Campaign
Chapter 8. Wilson's Raid and the End of the War
Chapter 9. Post-War Biographical Information
Appendix I. Roster of the Chicago Board of Trade Battery
Appendix II. Battery Losses
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index