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

ISBN-13: 9780813122212 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 256 str.

JR. A. D. Kirwan; Kent Masterson Brown; Johnny Green

Opis

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. Introductions to each chapter explain references in the journal and also set the context for the major campaigns.