The Story of the 116th Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of the Rebellion - (Irish in the Civil War) by Lawrence Kohl (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

A story of the 116th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Soon after arriving at the front of the War of Rebellion it was attached to General Thomas Meagher's Irish Brigade of the Army of the Poomac. For the next two years the regiment fought alongside Meagher's Irishmen in various campaigns.

From the Back Cover

The 116th Pennsylvania was no ordinary regiment. For two hard years it fought with Thomas Meagher's celebrated Irish Brigade of the Army of the Potomac. Though only partially Irish itself, the 116th won an honored place in this famous unit's history by its faithful service in some of the bloodiest campaigns of the war. The mutual respect between the Irish and the 116th was certainly founded on their shared bravery and suffering during the campaigns from Fredericksburg to Petersburg, but it no doubt also owed something to the remarkable Irish colonel, St. Clair Mulholland, who commanded the 116th through most of its battles. Mulholland was a soldier's soldier: disciplined, courageous, caring, and dedicated to the men of his regiment. Wounded four times (once, it was thought, mortally), he time and again rose from his hospital bed to return to command. Winner of the congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Chancellorsville, he was later brevetted brigadier general and major general for service in the Wilderness and at Petersburg.

Review Quotes

This volume should receive serious consideration from anyone interested in the Irish Brigade or the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac.-- "--The Civil War News"

About the Author

Lawrence Frederick Kohl is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, and series editor of the Irish in the Civil War.