Ulster Guard" [20th N.Y. State Militia] and the War of the Rebell

(NEW YORK REGIMENTAL). GATES, Theodore B. The "Ulster Guard" [20th N.Y. State Militia] and the War of the Rebellion. Embracing a History of the Early Organization of the Regiment; Its Three Months' Service; Its Reorganization and Subsequent Service; a Chronological Record of Every March, Place of Encampment or Bivouac, with Distances Marched; Account of Proceedings of Detachment on Veteran Furlough; Flag Presentations, &c; Complete Roster During Entire Service; Officers and Companies on Special Duty; Lists of Killed and Wounded; &c; &c. Together with a Brief Treatise upon the Origin and Growth of Secession; the Militia System, and the Dependence of the Federal Government upon It in the Beginning of the War; with a Critical History of the First Battle of Bull Run; Campaign of Gen. Pope; McClellan's Maryland Campaign; Battle of Fredericksburg; Hooker's Chancellorsville Campaign; Gettysburg Campaign; and a Glance at the Campaign from the Rapidan to Appomattox Court House. New-York: Benj. H. Tyrrel, Printer, 1879. 1st ed. xxiii,619 pp. Orig. cloth. Recased, spine sunned, else a very good copy. "An above average personal narrative, not a unit history; Gates was Colonel of the regiment." Nevins I, p. 93.