Beschreibung:
Thomas B. Mack taught for several years at Dallas College at El Centro. His research focus is the Civil War soldier, whether Union or Confederate, and he explores soldiers' collective wartime and postwar experiences though writing modern regimental studies.
This comprehensive and engaging narrative explores the Civil War ordeals and triumphs of the "Lead Mine men," the 45th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, who hailed from eleven counties in northern Illinois. Thomas B. Mack uncovers the history on this unit of resilient midwesterners and how they brought hard-war to the Confederacy in 1862.