获胜者，2019，单位历史，陆军历史基金会杰出图书奖
第十二弗吉尼亚州有着惊人的历史。约翰·威尔克斯·布斯（John Wilkes Booth）在约翰·布朗（John Brown）的绞刑仪式上成为其未来公司之一。该团拒绝让斯通沃尔·杰克逊任命其首任上校。它的士兵首先在海战中看到了战斗，包括汉普顿路（Hampton Roads）和第一德雷里的虚张声势（first Drewry’s Bluff），然后在里士满郊外的七棵松树（Seven Pines）让自己难堪，这是他们的第一次陆战。此后，第12届奥运会的记录是一场艰苦的战斗，从七天的战斗一直持续到阿波马托克斯。约翰·霍恩（John Horn）的《内战中的彼得堡兵团：从约翰·布朗（John Brown）被绞死到阿波马托克斯（Appomattox）的第12弗吉尼亚步兵队的历史》（the Petersburg Concretion in the Internal War:A History of the 12th Virginia Fourtium，1859-1865）首次在这里完整地讲述了它非凡的故事。
12世纪的弗吉尼亚人在威廉·马宏将军和后来的大卫·魏西格将军的领导下，参与了战争中一些最关键的战役。在第二场马纳萨斯比赛中脱颖而出后，他们在南部山区的战斗中在克拉普顿峡谷受到重创，三天后在夏普斯堡只派出了25人。随后，钱瑟勒斯维尔的服务很好。然而，它在葛底斯堡的表演与马宏将军在那里的神秘行为有关，仍然存在争议。维吉尼亚人在朗斯特里特对荒野的侧翼攻击以及他近乎致命的伤势中发挥了关键作用，他们用刺刀向斯波茨尔瓦尼亚发起冲锋，并夺取了他们的第一面敌旗。在为期九个月的围困彼得堡期间，该团真正形成了自己的风格。在那里，该团进行了一系列血腥战斗，包括火山口、耶路撒冷栈道、环球酒馆、第二雷姆斯车站、伯吉斯磨坊和哈彻奔跑。在阿波马托克斯投降的两天前，该团在坎伯兰教堂参加了后防行动，李将军最终赢得了战争的胜利。
霍恩的权威历史基于数十年的档案研究，这些研究发现了几十个以前未使用的账户。其结果是一部生动、快速的团史，不仅描述了部队的行进和战斗，还包括对组成第12团的弗吉尼亚人生活的个人一瞥。表格将第12团的战斗实力与敌友进行了对比，附录解决了关于该团最后一面战斗旗帜命运的长期争议。
32张原始地图、大量照片、图表、表格和附录、一个词汇表和许多解释性脚注，长期以来，内战中的彼得堡兵团将被誉为有史以来最优秀的兵团历史之一。
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The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown’s Hanging to Appomatto
Winner, 2019, Unit History, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
The 12th Virginia has an amazing history. John Wilkes Booth stood in the ranks of one of its future companies at John Brown’s hanging. The regiment refused to have Stonewall Jackson appointed its first colonel. Its men first saw combat in naval battles, including Hampton Roads and First Drewry’s Bluff, before embarrassing themselves at Seven Pines—their first land battle—just outside Richmond. Thereafter, the 12th’s record is one of hard-fighting from the Seven Days’ Battles all the way to Appomattox. Its remarkable story is told here in full for the first time in John Horn’s The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War: A History of the 12th Virginia Infantry from John Brown’s Hanging to Appomattox, 1859-1865.
The Virginians of the 12th found themselves in some of the most pivotal battles of the war under Generals William Mahone and later, David Weisiger. After distinguishing themselves at Second Manassas, they were hit hard at Crampton’s Gap in the South Mountain fighting and were only able to field 25 men three days later at Sharpsburg. Good service at Chancellorsville followed. Its Gettysburg performance, however, tied to General Mahone’s mysterious behavior there, remains controversial. The Virginians played a key role in Longstreet’s flank attack at the Wilderness as well as in his near-fatal wounding, launched a bayonet charge at Spotsylvania, and captured their first enemy flag. The regiment truly came into its own during the nine-month siege of Petersburg, where it fought in a host of bloody battles including the Crater, Jerusalem Plank Road, Globe Tavern, Second Reams Station, Burgess Mill, and Hatcher’s Run. Two days before the surrender at Appomattox the regiment fought in the rear guard action at Cumberland Church—General Lee’s final victory of the war.
Horn’s definitive history is grounded in decades of archival research that uncovered scores of previously unused accounts. The result is a lively, driving, up-tempo regimental history that not only describes the unit’s marches and battles, but includes personal glimpses into the lives of the Virginians who made up the 12th regiment. Tables compare the 12th’s fighting prowess with friend and foe, and an appendix resolves the lingering controversy over the fate of the regiment’s last battle flag.
With thirty-two original maps, numerous photos, diagrams, tables, and appendices, a glossary, and many explanatory footnotes, The Petersburg Regiment in the Civil War will long be hailed as one of the finest regimental histories ever penned.
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