A Confederate legend : Sergeant Berry Benson in war and peace / Edward J. Cashin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cashin, Edward J., 1927-2007.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Benson, Berry, 1843-1923.

Benson, Berry.

Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.

Confederate States of America.

Confederate States of America. Army.

Scouts (Reconnaissance)--Confederate States of America--Biography.

Scouts (Reconnaissance).

Prisoners of war.

Shooters of firearms.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Scouts and scouting.

United States.

History.

Scouting (Youth activity).

Shooters of firearms--Confederate States of America--Biography.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.

Prisoners of war--New York (State)--Elmira--Biography.

Elmira Prison (Elmira, N.Y.).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Augusta (Ga.)--Biography.

Augusta (Ga.).

New York (State)--Elmira.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xi, 271 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, [2008]

Contents:

Growing up in Hamburg

Fort Sumter

The Seven Days

Second Manassas

Sharpsburg

Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville

Wartime Augusta

The wilderness and Spotsylvania

From Point Lookout to Elmira Prison Camp

Through enemy country

Campaign for Savannah

The lines at Petersburg

The emergence of the lost cause

The promise of the new South

New causes, new campaigns

The Confederate's burden.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780881461183

0881461180

OCLC:

226308076