Preview – Herdegen,”The Union Soldier in the American Civil War”

New from Savas Beatie is Lance Herdegen’s The Union Soldier in the American Civil War. This slim (154 pp) tome is touted as a “quick reference guide” to all things Billy Yank, and is divided into 34 chapters of varying focus. A sampling:

• A Concise Timeline of the Civil War
• Organization of the Union Army
• Camp Life
• Hardtack, Pork and Coffee
• The Wounded and the Dead
• Church and Faith
• Discipline and Good Order
• Load in Nine Counts
• United States Colored Troops
• Prisoners of War
• Researching Your Union Ancestor
• Civil War Points of Interest

This is a handy guide that should be useful for the newcomer, but seasoned CW consumers will find it of interest as well.

You can read my interview with Lance Herdegen on an earlier work, The Iron Brigade in History and Memory, right here.