60th VIRGINIA INFANTRY - SIGNED FIRST EDITION - ONLY 1000 PRINTED - CIVIL WAR

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60th VIRGINIA INFANTRY
THE VIRGINIA REGIMENTAL HISTORIES SERIES
BY JOHNNY LEE SCOTT
SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR
FIRST EDITION
LIMITED EDITION - ONLY 1000 PUBLISHED
Original, Clean, Sharp, Bright, Pristine-Condition Book
Handsome Cover Design with Seal of the Virginia Regimental Histories Series
Loaded with Wonderful Illustrations, Photos and Maps
HANDSOMELY PUBLISHED BY H.E. HOWARD, INC., LYNCHBURG, VIRGINIA, 1997
Out-of-Print Book
This wonderful, limited edition, First Edition book is signed by the author.
The book constitutes an excellent history of the 60th Virginia Infantry, including a complete, detailed and comprehensive history of the command. The book includes wonderful maps, detailed descriptions of battles and campaigns, specifics of individual soldiers in the command, unit rosters and wonderful maps, illustrations and photographs.
The book contains a unit roster with the detail of Civil War service of each individual soldier in the unit.
The 60th Virginia Infantry
was formed in the hills of western Virginia in the summer of 1861. First organized as the Third Regiment of the Wise Legion, the regiment served in what is today West Virginia until stationed along the coast of South Carolina in late 1861.  The men saw very little military service in South Carolina and by mid-1862 were sent back to Virginia and placed under the command of General A. P. Hill.
The regiment fought with Hill’s Light Division during the Seven Days battles around Richmond before being transferred back to Southwest Virginia. After marching to Charleston, (West) Virginia in late 1862, the 60th Virginia Infantry settled into camp in southwest Virginia where it remained through 1863 and into the spring of 1864.
In May of 1864 the 60th Virginia Infantry was engaged in battle at Cloyd’s Mountain and a month later fought at the battle of Piedmont. The men of the 60th Virginia then aided with the defense of Lynchburg and fell under the command of General Jubal A. Early.
With Early, the regiment marched to the suburbs of Washington, D.C., and then spent the remainder of 1864 in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.  They were involved in the battles of Kernstown, Winchester, Fisher’s Hill, Cedar Creek, and numerous minor engagements.
The final winter of the war was spent at Fishersville. In March 1865 a large portion of the regiment was captured at Waynesboro. What remained of the 60th moved back to southwest Virginia and was disbanded near Christiansburg after General Lee surrendered at Appomattox.