In the course of history, few human events have had so compelling an
effect and left such a deep mark on the nation's soul as has the Civil
War. New Hampshire in the Civil War presents a unique and concise
pictorial chronicle of the state's volunteer regiments that served
during the four very long and costly war years.
This volume includes more than 200 vivid and accurate pictures depicting
heroic battles scenes, maps, camp life, and more than 40 portraits of
the men who served New Hampshire in battle. These chapters contain
accounts of battles from the first bombardment of Fort Sumter to the
sinking of the Alabama. Also included are glimpses of camp life, with
its frying pan meals of slosh and the illnesses accompanied by cold
clammy sweat, and of the famous Libby Prison.