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Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud / Thomas Fox ; foreword by Joseph G. Bilby.
Van Pelt Library E521.M38 F695 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fox, Thomas, 1947-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- McGee, William Henry.
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Thieves.
- Impostors and imposture.
- History.
- Drummers (Musicians).
- United States.
- New Jersey.
- New Jersey--Newark.
- Drummers (Musicians)--New Jersey--Newark--Biography.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- New Jersey--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- Medal of Honor--Biography.
- Medal of Honor.
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 20th. Company K--Biography.
- United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 20th. Company K.
- Impostors and imposture--United States--Biography.
- Thieves--United States--Biography.
- Murderers--United States--Biography.
- Murderers.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 267 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
- Summary:
- "William McGee, credited with leading a Federal force to victory in a clash just thirty miles from Franklin, Tennessee, was awarded a Medal of Honor, written up as glorious legend, commissioned lieutenant at 18, and disappeared from history. The story of a lost hero whose fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 1 The Watch, the Note, the Murder 15
- 2 The Regiment, the Drummer, the Medal 26
- 3 Baton Rouge, 1868 41
- 4 The Legend of Willie McGee 51
- 5 The Trial 58
- 6 The Battle of the Cedars 74
- 7 The Court-Martial 92
- 8 McGee, Magee, and the President 102
- 9 Prison 113
- 10 The Push for Freedom 131
- 11 New Life at Twenty-One 141
- 12 Willie McGee, Family Man 158
- 13 Exposed 176
- 14 "A Moral Wreck" 185
- 15 The Lost Years 203
- Appendix 1 The Bonfoey Case 229
- Appendix 2 McGee Timeline 232
- Appendix 3 The McGee File 235
- Appendix 4 33rd New Jersey Infantry Regiment Musicians 237.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-261) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786432899
- 0786432896
- OCLC:
- 183392092
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