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Title: Nine Months to Gettysburg: Stannard's Vermonters and the Repulse of Pickett's Charge by Howard Coffin ISBN: 0-88150-400-9 Publisher: Countryman Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Army Life
Comment: This is a great book about men who enlisted for nine months late in 1862 to save the Union. The 2nd Vermont Birgade were men who want to to something but were unwilling to enlist for years. Accepting a bounty they gave nine months to the war, that nine moths ended in July 1863 at Gettysburg. At the end of their enlistment they stood fast on July 2nd & 3rd beating back the Longstreet's I Corps.
Making good use of letter, we follow this group of men through the reality of a Civil War enlistment. Eight months of picket lines, sickness, death and being away from home with no action. Quickly changes as we race north after the AoNV into two days of very hard battle. In reading the book, you see how little life in the army has changed and the impact Gettysburg had on the men for the balance of their lives.
Very well written, easy to read and follow. The book has a good level of information but will be best enjoyed if you know something about the time between The 7 Days and Gettysburg.

Rating: 5
Summary: A detailed 9 month story
Comment: I read this book because I discovered that my great great grandfather fought with "A Co." 13th Reg. 2nd Brigade. A frenchman in the "Irish" company. Great detail on the volunteers who signed on for a quick nine month adventure and found eight months and two weeks of boredom and in the last weeks of their enlistment had a heroic march to get to Gettysburg and then to meet Picketts Charge, great story, even better knowing it is true.

Rating: 3
Summary: Slow beginning leads to climatic finish
Comment: This is a book for Civil War buffs. The first half is interesting because it focuses on the raising and training of soldiers -- something not usually covered in other books of the genre. However, the author presents this material as a compendium of research tidbits rather than a story. The tale turns compelling and the writing more interesting when the Brigade meets its appointment with destiny at Gettysburg.

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