"My Brave Mechanics": The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0814332927
- ISBN-13
- 9780814332924
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 470
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Author
- Mark Hoffman
Description
An important and little-known chapter of Michigan's Civil War history, drawn from the letters, diaries, and regimental records of the First Michigan Engineers and Mechanics regiment.
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