So Rudely Sepulchered: The 48th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment During the Campaign for Charleston, July 1863

• Main Author: Evans, Luis M.
• Other Authors: ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2000
• Subjects: Humanities and History; Military Operations; Strategy and Tactics; *WARFARE; *INFANTRY; *SOUTH CAROLINA; *REGIMENT LEVEL ORGANIZATIONS; STRATEGY; THESES; ARMY; AMERICAN CIVIL WAR; 48TH NEW YORK INFANTRY REGIMENT; CHARLESTON CAMPAIGN 1863; FORT WAGNER(SOUTH CAROLINA); MORRIS ISLAND(SOUTH CAROLINA); FOLLY ISLAND(SOUTH CAROLINA); FORT PULASKI(GEORGIA); Morris Island; Folly Island
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA384227; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA384227

The 48th New York was a Union infantry regiment that served in the Department of the South when it attempted to capture Charleston, South Carolina during the summer of 1863. Recognized for its political, strategic and maritime value, Charleston was targeted by the North early in the war. The Union A...