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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade : The Journal of a Confederate Soldier / edited by A.D. Kirwan ; with a new foreword by Kent Masterson Brown.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Green, Johnny, 1841-1920.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Green, Johnny, 1841-1920--Diaries.
- Green, Johnny.
- Confederate States of America. Army. Kentucky Brigade, 1st.
- Confederate States of America.
- Soldiers--Kentucky--Diaries.
- Soldiers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- United States.
- Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- Kentucky.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 ma
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; BATTLE MAPS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1 CALL TO COLORS; 2 SHILOH; 3 BATON ROUGE; 4 MURFREESBORO; 5 STONE'S RIVER; 6 VICKSBURG; 7 CHICKAMAUGA; 8 CHATTANOOGA; 9 DALTON; 10 RETREAT; 11 ATLANTA; 12 MOUNTED; 13 SURRENDER; 14 HOMEWARD; INDEX
- Notes:
- Originally published: Lexington : University of Kentucky Press, c1956.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8131-9381-8
- 0-8131-5937-7
- OCLC:
- 900344595
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