. . . an excellent unit history of a renowned regiment . . . ?The Civil War News . . . American history on a human scale . . . ?Kirkus ReviewsThe author gives some of the best descriptions of the daily life of a Civil War soldier that can be found anywhere. ?Library JournalOn Many a Bloody Field is a masterpiece of Civil War scholarship and painstaking historical research. ?The Bookwatch. . . meticulously researched, day-by-day history of Company B, 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment. . . . [T]he real essence of this book is its detailed attention to the common soldiers. . . . [A]s a representative of its genre, it probably is without many peers. ?Journal of Southern HistoryOn Many a Bloody Field follows one of the Civil War's most famous combat organizations?Company B, 19th Indiana Volunteers of the Iron Brigade, in a vivid account of ordinary people thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Alan Gaff follows the men from recruitment through mustering out, from the tedium of camp to the excitement of battle. A close-up view of the experience of war, told from the soldiers' perspective, often in the words of the men themselves. | On Many a Bloody Field by Alan & Maureen Gaff, Paperback | Indigo Chapters