Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade

The Journal of a Confederate Soldier

von John Williams Green

256 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Biografien und Sachliteratur Veröffentlichte Tagebücher, Briefe, Notizbücher
• ISBN: 9780813122212
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 22.02.2002
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: University Press of Kentucky