While My Country Is in Danger: The Life and Letters of Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Thompson Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers

This biography of Richard S. Thompson is based on his letters and diaries written during the campaigns of the 12th New Jersey volunteers, including the battles of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg (Bliss Barn and the defense of Cemetery Ridge), Petersburg, Bristoe Station, and Reams' Station. It includes an extensive genealogy of the Thompson, Leaming, and other Cape May, NJ, families, and indexes over 350 individuals' names, including many of Thompson's comrades in arms. Fully annotated.Gerry Harder Poriss is the author of 'While My Country Is in Danger: The Life and Letters of Lieutenant Colonel Richard S. Thompson Twelfth New Jersey Volunteers', published 1994 under ISBN 9780962239366 and ISBN 0962239364.