Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade : The Journal of a Confederate Soldier /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Green, Johnny, 1841-1920
Other Authors: Brown, Kent Masterson, 1949-, Kirwan, Albert Dennis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2002], 1956.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Green, Johnny, > 1841-1920.
Green, Johnny, > 1841-1920 > Diaries.
Confederate States of America. > Army. > Kentucky Brigade, 1st.
Soldiers.
Regimental histories.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
Soldiers > Kentucky > Diaries.
United States.
Kentucky.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Histoire des unites.
Kentucky > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Histoire des unites.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels des confederes.
Kentucky > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels des confederes.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Kentucky > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Kentucky > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Recits personnels.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > Confederate.
History.
Diaries.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Originally published: Lexington : University of Kentucky Press, 1956.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations, maps
ISBN:9780813159379

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