Boy colonel of the Confederacy: the life and times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davis, Archie K., Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (420 p.) ill

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] University of North Carolina Press 1998

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. (1841-63), one of the youngest colonels in the Confederate Army, died at the age of twenty-one while leading the twenty-sixth North Carolina regiment into action at the battle of Gettysburg. In this sensitive biography, originally published by UNC Press in 1985, Archie Davis provides a revealing portrait of the young man's character and a striking example of a soldier who selflessly fulfilled his duty. Drawing on Burgwyn's own letters and diary, Davis also offers a fascinating glimpseinto North Carolina society during the antebellum period and the Civil War.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

9798890882585

9780807866610

080786661X