Pennsylvania Bucktails: A Photographic Album of the 42nd, 149th & 150 Pennsylvania Regiments Section- African American Soldeirs the Federals taking it mile-by-mile

the Federals taking it mile-by-mile

The book also explores the everyday life of Springfield in the years leading up to the Civil War

His finely detailed account reaches from the offices of statesmen and politicians to the field of battle

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Pennsylvania Bucktails: A Photographic Album of the 42nd, 149th & 150 Pennsylvania Regiments Section- African American Soldeirs the Federals taking it mile-by-mileby Patrick A. Schroeder One of the most distinguished units to serve in the Civil War was the 42nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry (13th Reserves), popularly known as the Bucktails. These men adorned their own caps with bucktails and were thus set apart from the typical Federal soldier by their distinctive plumage. These Pennsylvanians saw action early in the war at Drainesville under the command of Col. Thomas Kane, who later fought with four