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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 602
Book Description
North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: 49th-52nd Regiments
Author: Fighting for General Lee
Author: Sheridan R. BarringerPublisher: Savas Beatie
ISBN: 1611212634
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
A remarkable biography of a Confederate brigadier general’s experiences during—and after—the Civil War: “Well-written and deeply researched” (Eric J. Wittenberg, author of Out Flew the Sabers). Rufus Barringer fought on horseback through most of the Civil War with General Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, and rose to lead the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade in some of the war’s most difficult combats. This book details his entire history for the first time. Barringer raised a company early in the war and fought with the 1st North Carolina Cavalry from the Virginia peninsula through Second Manassas, Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. He was severely wounded at Brandy Station, and as a result missed the remainder of the Gettysburg Campaign, returning to his regiment in mid-October, 1863. Within three months he was a lieutenant colonel, and by June 1864 a brigadier general in command of the North Carolina Brigade, which fought the rest of the war with Lee and was nearly destroyed during the retreat from Richmond in 1865. The captured Barringer met President Lincoln at City Point; endured prison; and after the war did everything he could to convince North Carolinians to accept Reconstruction and heal the wounds of war. Drawing upon a wide array of newspapers, diaries, letters, and previously unpublished family documents and photographs, as well as other firsthand accounts, this is an in-depth, colorful, and balanced portrait of an overlooked Southern cavalry commander. It is easy today to paint all who wore Confederate gray with a broad brush because they fought on the side to preserve slavery—but this biography reveals a man who wielded the sword and then promptly sheathed it to follow a bolder vision, proving to be a champion of newly freed slaves—a Southern gentleman decades ahead of his time.
The 2nd North Carolina Cavalry
Author: Roger Herman HarrellPublisher: McFarland
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
The Second North Carolina Cavalry fought its first major battle in its home state at New Bern on March 14, 1862, and narrowly escaped with its men and reputation intact. The regiment was nearly decimated in the Gettysburg Campaign, but was rebuilt and later fought with Robert E. Lee's cavalry in most major battles, including Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, with only a handful of men This history covers not only the Second North Carolina Cavalry's accomplishments and failures, but the events going on around them which influenced their actions and performance. The author pays particular attention to the Second North Carolina's involvement with the Army of Northern Virginia and the North Carolina Cavalry Brigade, and includes official documents, letters written to and from home, diaries and memoirs to present the soldiers' war experiences.
Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions from North Carolina, in the Great War 1861-'65
Author: Walter ClarkPublisher:
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Category : North Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 882
Book Description
Units of the Confederate States Army
Author: Joseph H. CrutePublisher: Olde Soldier Books Incorporated
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Provides a brief history and "certain information such as organization, campaigns, losses, commanders, etc." for each unit listed in "Marcus J. Wright's List of Field Officers, Regiments, and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865."--Intro., p.xi.
Saddle Soldiers
Author: William StokesPublisher: Sandlapper Publishing
ISBN: 9780878441150
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
The night after the commander of the 4th South Carolina Regiment sent his men home, he burned the wagon with the regiment's records rather than have it fall into enemy hands. Lloyd Halliburton has reconstructed the story from General Stokes' personal correspondence and memorabilia.
North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: Cavalry
Author: North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865
Author: The Little Regiment
Author: Stephen CraneNorth Carolina Troops, 1861-1865
Author: Louis H. ManarinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 562
Book Description
This is the ISBN record for the complete series of North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865: A Roster (22 volumes, when complete). Each volume in the series has a separate ISBN number and record.