Book details

  • Genre:history
  • Sub-genre:United States / Civil War Period
  • Language:English
  • Pages:84
  • Hardcover ISBN:9798350926637

Four Men in Blue: A Family History

By Michael Diehl

Overview


Drawing on firsthand accounts, Four Men in Blue relates the experiences the author's four Civil War ancestors serving in the Union cavalry, infantry and navy.
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Description


Drawing on firsthand accounts, Four Men in Blue relates the experiences of the author's four Civil War ancestors. All Union volunteers, they included the son of a leading local family, a schoolteacher, a devout Christian, and a first-generation American. Three were sons of Pittsburgh and one of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. They served in the cavalry and infantry, aboard a river gunboat, and were witness to America's greatest conflict.
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About The Author


Michael Diehl is an amateur genealogist living in Maryland.
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