The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience

"For Civil War buffs & all who love Nantucket, Miller & Mooney have given us a treasure of a book. Reminding us that Nantucketers were there - at Antietam, at Fredericksburg, at Gettysburg - it's an important piece of scholarship, & a fascinating read."--Russell Baker. "A superb & detailed story of one company of Nantucket men during the Civil War - Excellent."--Warren Wilkinson, Civil War historian & author of Mother, May You Never See the Sights I Have Seen. A chronicle of the war years as lived by the people of Nantucket including the memoirs & diary of Josiah Fitch Murphey, a Nantucketer of the famed Harvard Regiment, who was at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, & Petersburg. THE CIVIL WAR: THE NANTUCKET EXPERIENCE also contains detailed biographies of the 80 Nantucketers who served with the 20th Massachusetts. 216 pages, complete with photographs & notes. Softcover (available immediately) $14.95. Send check or money order to: Wesco Publishing, P.O. Box 1540, Nantucket, MA 02554.Miller, Richard F. is the author of 'The Civil War: The Nantucket Experience' with ISBN 9780962785115 and ISBN 0962785113.