02621nam 2200577 a 450 991046208500332120200520144314.00-8040-4047-8(CKB)2670000000233798(EBL)1743703(OCoLC)811405288(SSID)ssj0000722029(PQKBManifestationID)11434241(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000722029(PQKBWorkID)10694320(PQKB)11358913(MiAaPQ)EBC1743703(MdBmJHUP)muse17779(Au-PeEL)EBL1743703(CaPaEBR)ebr10587999(EXLCZ)99267000000023379820120313d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe untried life[electronic resource] the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry in the Civil War /James T. FritschAthens, Ohio Swallow Press/Ohio University Pressc20121 online resource (539 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8040-1139-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. "Madly from their spheres" : the long road into battle -- pt. 2. With the Eastern armies -- pt. 3. With the Western armies. Told in unflinching detail, this is the story of the Twenty-Ninth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, also known as the Giddings Regiment or the Abolition Regiment, after its founder, radical abolitionist Congressman J. R. Giddings. The men who enlisted in the Twenty-Ninth OVI were, according to its lore, handpicked to ensure each was as pure in his antislavery beliefs as its founder. Whether these soldiers would fight harder than other soldiers, and whether the people of their hometowns would remain devoted to the ideals of the regiment, were questions that could only be tested by the experiment of wSoldiersOhioBiographyOhioHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesOhioHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesElectronic books.Soldiers973.7/471Fritsch James T(James Thomas),1959-1026096MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462085003321The untried life2440809UNINA