NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — On May 28 at 2 pm, visit the North Adams Public Library to meet author Dennis G. Pregent, as he discusses and shares readings from his latest book "Hometown Heroes in the Civil War." 

 

Hometown Heroes in the Civil War features twentyseven narratives of Berkshire County men who answered President Lincoln's call to preserve the Republic. They left farms and factories to become infantrymen, artillerists, chaplains, surgeons, and sailors, experiencing the terror of Antietam, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, and Chancellorsville, facing unrelenting combat, disease, exposure, malnutrition, and scarce medical treatment, stated a press releas.

 

Marine Corps veteran and Berkshire native Dennis Pregent researched and included a wealth of original documents and photographs to enhance these accounts. The profiles include two soldiers from the famous 54th Black Regiment, four brothers who fought simultaneously, POWs in the notorious prisons of Libby and Andersonville, a survivor of the first-ever submarine attack, President Lincoln's carriage driver, a battlefield surgeon, and a modest bootmaker who earned the Medal of Honor. 

 

Held in the front parlor. All are welcome. There will be books for sale.

 

This event is co-hosted with the North Adams Historical Society. 

 

The North Adams Public Library is located at 74 Church Street, North Adams, MA, 01247.