Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade : The Journal of a Confederate Soldier /
John W. Green (1841-1920), an enlisted man with Kentucky's famed Confederate Orphan Brigade throughout the Civil War, fought at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta and many other crucial battles. An acute observer with a flair for humanizing the impersonal horror of war, he kep...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[2002], 1956.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | John W. Green (1841-1920), an enlisted man with Kentucky's famed Confederate Orphan Brigade throughout the Civil War, fought at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta and many other crucial battles. An acute observer with a flair for humanizing the impersonal horror of war, he kept a record of his experiences, and penned an exciting front-line account of America's defining trial by fire. Albert D. Kirwan provides a brief history of the Orphan Brigade and a biography of Johnny Green. |
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Notas: | Originally published: Lexington : University of Kentucky Press, 1956. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations, maps |
ISBN: | 9780813159379 |