25th North Carolina Infantry
Regiment History, Soldiers Letters Home, Troop Personal Memoirs, Diary, Diaries, Newspaper Article and Articles, Biography,
Biographies 25th North Carolina State Troops
25th North Carolina Infantry Regiment:
Letters, Newspaper Articles, Papers, Diaries, Memoirs
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Recommended
Reading: 25Th North Carolina Infantry: History and Roster of a Mountain-bred Regiment in the Civil War
(Hardcover). Description: This historical account covers the 25th Regiment North Carolina
Infantry Troops during the Civil War. Farmers and their sons left the mountains to enlist with the regiment, which organized
in Asheville
in August 1861, to defend their home territory. In addition to casualty, desertion records, and a complete regimental roster,
the book chronicles the unit’s defensive tactics in the Carolina coastal regions and
battlefield actions at Seven Days, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Plymouth
and Petersburg. More than 125 historic photos, illustrations,
and detailed maps are featured.
Recommended Reading: The Civil War in North Carolina: Soldiers' and Civilians' Letters and
Diaries, 1861-1865. Volume 2: The Mountains (Civil War in North Carolina) (Hardcover). Description:
As with The Civil War in North Carolina: Soldiers' and Civilians' Letters and Diaries, 1861-1865. Vol. 1:
The Piedmont, this work presents letters and diary entries (and
a few other documents) that tell the experiences of soldiers and civilians from the mountain counties of North Carolina during
the Civil War. The counties included are Alleghany, Ashe, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Cherokee, Clay, Haywood, Henderson, Jackson,
McDowell, Macon, Madison, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, Surry, Transylvania, Watauga, Wilkes, and Yancey. The book is arranged
chronologically, 1861 through 1865. Before each letter or diary entry, background information is provided about the writer.
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