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The Pennsylvania Bucktails have become one of the most famous units in the Army of the Potomac's storied history. John A. Simpson's excellent new study reminds us that these fabled marksmen of the Keystone State's northwest wilderness were real people answering the call to duty. Simpson grounds the story among families and communities impacted by a war far away yet brought close to home by the experiences of men who left the woods to defend a country they were largely geographically isolated from. This is regimental history at its most effective, shedding light not just on a unit with near-mythological skills but also offering insight into the war itself and the homefront it disrupted.--Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., editor in chief, Emerging Civil War

The Pennsylvania Bucktails have become one of the most famous units in the Army of the Potomac's storied history. John A. Simpson's excellent new study reminds us that these fabled marksmen of the Keystone State's northwest wilderness were real people answering the call to duty. Simpson grounds the story among families and communities impacted by a war far away yet brought close to home by the experiences of men who left the woods to defend a country they were largely geographically isolated from. This is regimental history at its most effective, shedding light not just on a unit with near-mythological skills but also offering insight into the war itself and the homefront it disrupted. --Chris Mackowski, Ph.D., editor in chief, Emerging Civil War

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John A. Simpson is a retired high school history teacher. He earned a doctorate in history from the University of Oregon and has written a handful of books on the Civil War and several on baseball history. He lives in Kelso, Washington.

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