A Stupendous Effort: The 87th Indiana in the War of the Rebellion

by Jack K. Overmyer

This is the story of one of the Civil War's most versatile regiments, of its significant role in the remarkable campaigns and battles in the Western Theater, and of the young men who formed its ten companies. Through their contemporary diaries and letters, many previously unpublished, we follow the wartime experiences of these northern Indiana volunteers. Their most overpowering encounter was the ferocious battle of Chickamauga. In those woodlands,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253333016
• ISBN13: 9780253333018
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.6"