- Genre:fiction
- Sub-genre:Historical / General
- Language:English
- Series Title:The Bucktail Series
- Series Number:10
- Pages:140
- eBook ISBN:9781483533704
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Overview
The 190th Pennsylvania Bucktails were formed in the field after the Battle of Bethesda Church on May 31, 1864, from veteran sharpshooters who had just mustered out of service. As skilled skirmishers, they fought the Rebels at Petersburg, the Weldon Railroad, and at the Battle of Five Forks. With brutal forced marches, the 190th finally caught Lee's army at Appomattox Court House and helped force it to surrender on April 9, 1865.
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When the original Bucktails mustered out of service on May 31, 1864, many joined the 190th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. When asked why he reenlisted, Boone Crossmire said, "To see the thing through, I reckon. Once you've wounded a big buck, ya gotta follow the blood trail 'til ya finds 'im." Sergeant Hosea Curtis needed no such motivation. He just loved to fight. And fight they did as skirmishers at Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, and Five Forks. With brutal forced marches, they finally catch their quarry at Appomattox Court House. It's the Bucktails' bravery that wins the day on April 9, 1865.
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