by Charles H. Weygant, with new introduction by Garry E. Adelman. Hard Cover/Dust Jacket

The 124th New York Volunteer Infantry, known as the Orange Blossom Regiment, was one of the hardest fighting units in the Army of the Potomac. This unit, which was considered an elite regiment, served in the Third Corps, and lost heavily in the fighting for Devil's Den at Gettysburg on July 2, 1863. The regimental commander, Col. Augustus Van Horn Ellis, and his second-in-command, Maj. James Cromwell, were both killed in action that day, after Ellis proclaimed, "The men must see us today."

In 1864, when the Army of the Potomac was reorganized into three infantry corps, the 124th New York joined the Second Corps, fighting in all of the year's major engagements. Few regiments posted a more stellar or more enviable battlefield record than did the Orange Blossoms.

Their final commander, Col. Charles H. Weygant, published a superb regimental history of this fine regiment in 1877.