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"""Larry Lowenthal has accomplished the improbable: he has created a enjoyable narrative history of the 31st Massachusetts Infantry that features the immediacy of the eye-witness account while benefiting from the perspective and analysis offered by 150 years' distance. This book finally brings to fruition the dreams of Frederick L. Rice, the unit's historian, who died before completing the history he was preparing. Larry Lowenthal has done Rice and his comrades proud with this fast-paced and insightful look at this much unsung unit.""--Cliff McCarthy, archivist at the Wood Museum of Springfield History and founder and former president of the Pioneer Valley History Network ""Lowenthal's book draws from a wealth of archival sources, a treasure trove that inspired the author to write this history. The book is arranged chronologically, blending a narrative month-to-month account with context of the war's larger events. It also includes accounts from leaders and the rank and file describing the day-to-day life of a soldier in the Union army in the Gulf South. This fine volume could serve as a model for future scholars wishing to produce similar scholarly Civil War regimental histories.""--Christopher Stacey, Journal of Southern History ""Lowenthal's study provides insightful reconsideration of a Federal regiment long criticized for aspects of its service record. The 31st Massachusetts endured tours of duty in Louisiana that encompassed virtually the entire wartime period in diverse regions of the state. The book accordingly offers a refreshing new look at most of the major military engagements in the central Gulf South as well as illuminating less revealed actions that contributed to the final result.""--Samuel C. Hyde, author of Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899"

""Larry Lowenthal has accomplished the improbable: he has created a enjoyable narrative history of the 31st Massachusetts Infantry that features the immediacy of the eye-witness account while benefiting from the perspective and analysis offered by 150 years' distance. This book finally brings to fruition the dreams of Frederick L. Rice, the unit's historian, who died before completing the history he was preparing. Larry Lowenthal has done Rice and his comrades proud with this fast-paced and insightful look at this much unsung unit.""--Cliff McCarthy, archivist at the Wood Museum of Springfield History and founder and former president of the Pioneer Valley History Network ""Lowenthal's book draws from a wealth of archival sources, a treasure trove that inspired the author to write this history. The book is arranged chronologically, blending a narrative month-to-month account with context of the war's larger events. It also includes accounts from leaders and the rank and file describing the day-to-day life of a soldier in the Union army in the Gulf South. This fine volume could serve as a model for future scholars wishing to produce similar scholarly Civil War regimental histories.""--Christopher Stacey, Journal of Southern History ""Lowenthal's study provides insightful reconsideration of a Federal regiment long criticized for aspects of its service record. The 31st Massachusetts endured tours of duty in Louisiana that encompassed virtually the entire wartime period in diverse regions of the state. The book accordingly offers a refreshing new look at most of the major military engagements in the central Gulf South as well as illuminating less revealed actions that contributed to the final result.""--Samuel C. Hyde, author of Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899

Larry Lowenthal has accomplished the improbable: he has created a enjoyable narrative history of the 31st Massachusetts Infantry that features the immediacy of the eye-witness account while benefiting from the perspective and analysis offered by 150 years' distance. This book finally brings to fruition the dreams of Frederick L. Rice, the unit's historian, who died before completing the history he was preparing. Larry Lowenthal has done Rice and his comrades proud with this fast-paced and insightful look at this much unsung unit. --Cliff McCarthy, archivist at the Wood Museum of Springfield History and founder and former president of the Pioneer Valley History Network Lowenthal's book draws from a wealth of archival sources, a treasure trove that inspired the author to write this history. The book is arranged chronologically, blending a narrative month-to-month account with context of the war's larger events. It also includes accounts from leaders and the rank and file describing the day-to-day life of a soldier in the Union army in the Gulf South. This fine volume could serve as a model for future scholars wishing to produce similar scholarly Civil War regimental histories. --Christopher Stacey, Journal of Southern History Lowenthal's study provides insightful reconsideration of a Federal regiment long criticized for aspects of its service record. The 31st Massachusetts endured tours of duty in Louisiana that encompassed virtually the entire wartime period in diverse regions of the state. The book accordingly offers a refreshing new look at most of the major military engagements in the central Gulf South as well as illuminating less revealed actions that contributed to the final result. --Samuel C. Hyde, author of Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899

Larry Lowenthal has accomplished the improbable: he has created a enjoyable narrative history of the 31st Massachusetts Infantry that features the immediacy of the eye-witness account while benefiting from the perspective and analysis offered by 150 years' distance. This book finally brings to fruition the dreams of Frederick L. Rice, the unit's historian, who died before completing the history he was preparing. Larry Lowenthal has done Rice and his comrades proud with this fast-paced and insightful look at this much unsung unit.--Cliff McCarthy, archivist at the Wood Museum of Springfield History and founder and former president of the Pioneer Valley History Network Lowenthal's study provides insightful reconsideration of a Federal regiment long criticized for aspects of its service record. The 31st Massachusetts endured tours of duty in Louisiana that encompassed virtually the entire wartime period in diverse regions of the state. The book accordingly offers a refreshing new look at most of the major military engagements in the central Gulf South as well as illuminating less revealed actions that contributed to the final result.--Samuel C. Hyde, author of Pistols and Politics: The Dilemma of Democracy in Louisiana's Florida Parishes, 1810-1899

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Larry Lowenthal is a former historian for the U.S. National Park Service.

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