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Hoffman, Mark, 1963-

My brave Mechanics : the First Michigan Engineers and their Civil War / Mark Hoffman ; foreword by William M. Anderson. - Detroit : Wayne State University Press, c2007. - xviii, 470 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Great Lakes books .

2008 Michigan Notable Book

Includes bibliographical references (p. 433-451) and index.

Volunteer engineers -- The sinews of war -- Camp Owen -- South to Kentucky and Tennessee -- On to Corinth -- With Mitchel to the Tennessee -- Work and warfare along the Tennessee -- Into battle at Perryville -- Mutiny -- The fight at Lavergne -- Filling vacant ranks -- Forward to Murfreesboro -- Back across the Tennessee -- Holding Chattanooga for the Union -- Building the supply net -- Protecting Sherman's supply line -- Wheeler, elections, Atlanta, and a new regiment -- More men -- Atlanta and the march to the sea -- With Thomas in Tennessee -- Into the Carolinas -- Final weeks of the war -- Homeward bound -- Postwar heroes.

ISBN: 9780814332924 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0814332927 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2006036379

Subjects--Corporate Names:
United States. Army. Michigan Engineers and Mechanics Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Military engineers--History--Michigan--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Michigan--History--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Regimental histories.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Engineering and construction.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865

LC Class. No.: E514.9 / .H64 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 973.7/474