Author : William Michael Wilson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781976261107
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (611 download)
Book Synopsis History of the Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Union Army by : William Michael Wilson
Download or read book History of the Eleventh Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment - Union Army written by William Michael Wilson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the first groups of men to answer the call to arms in Kentucky at the onset of the Civil War was the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Infantry Regiment. The regiment's organizer was Bowling Green's Colonel Pierce Butler Hawkins. He formed the organization from the Green River counties of Warren, Muhlenberg, Butler, and Edmonson. Together with Lt. Colonel Love and Major E.H. Mottley, Hawkins led the regiment in nearly all of the Western engagements, including the campaigns in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee, the battles of Shiloh, Stone' s River, Perryville, and Atlanta, and the siege of Knoxville. Follow one of the enlisted men, Lee Cowles, who was born on the 4th of July and who found himself in some unexpected places during the War. The regiment suffered a total of 264 casualties; 2 officers and 45 enlisted men were killed in battle; disease claimed 3 officers and 214 enlisted men. The book includes a large section including information culled from the men's service records and maps.