Martin N. Bertera

Martin N. Bertera is co-author of The 4th Michigan Volunteer Infantry at Gettysburg.

Kim Crawford

Kim Crawford is a former newspaper reporter, and is author of The Daring Trader and and co-author of two books about Michigan soldiers in the Civil War, most recently The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War.

4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War, The

Martin N. Bertera

Kim Crawford

This fascinating narrative tells the story of a remarkable regiment at the center of Civil War history. The real-life adventure emerges from accounts of scores of soldiers who served in the 4th Michigan Infantry, gleaned from their diaries, letters, and memoirs; the reports of their officers and commanders; the stories by journalists who covered them; and the recollections of the Confederates who fought against them.

The 4th Michigan Infantry in the Civil War includes tales of life in camp, portraying the Michigan soldiers as everyday people — recounting their practical jokes, illnesses, political views, personality conflicts, comradeship, and courage. The book also tells the true story of what happened to Colonel Harrison Jeffords and the 4th Michigan when the regiment marched into John Rose’s wheat field on a sweltering early July evening at Gettysburg. Beyond the myths and romanticized newspaper stories, this account presents the historical evidence of Jeffords’s heroic, yet tragic, hand-to-hand struggle for his regiment’s U.S. flag.

B/W photos, notes, bibliography World rights 560 pp., 6.00" x 9.00", October 2010 Cloth, $44.95, 0-87013-973-8 9780870139734