Reminiscences Of The Civil War And Other Sketches
Reminiscences Of The Civil War And Other Sketches

Author: Sergeant Ralph J. Smith

Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing

Published: 2015-11-06

Total Pages: 79

ISBN-13: 1786252562

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A short but colorful memoir by a sergeant in the 2nd Texas regiment, which served with distinction in the Western Theatre of the Civil War. Sergeant Smith volunteered in the first months of the outbreak of the Civil War, but his first real taste of the conflict came as part of the Army of the Mississippi under General Albert Sidney Johnson at Shiloh. The author recounts the confused nature of the fighting around the Hornet’s Nest and the sorrow of the repulse but above all the deep sense of loss at the death of their Confederate leader. After duties around the outskirts of Vicksburg, Smith and his comrades were among the Confederate soldiers that were penned up there by the Union forces under General Grant. Despite a fierce resistance the Confederate soldiers of Vicksburg were forced to surrender and the troops were paroled. Eventually exchanged, Smith spent the rest of the war in the garrison of Galveston under General Magruder before settling in San Marcos Texas.

A Very Fine Regiment
A Very Fine Regiment

Author: Paul Knight

Publisher: From Reason to Revolution

Published: 2021-11-15

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9781914059865

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The 47th Regiment of Foot served in North America during the whole of the American War of Independence. It experienced the transition from peacetime soldiering, through the deteriorating political situation, to open rebellion.

Units of the Confederate States Army
Units of the Confederate States Army

Author: Joseph H. Crute

Publisher: Olde Soldier Books Incorporated

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13:

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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.

Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas
Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Texas

Author: Stewart Sifakis

Publisher:

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 147

ISBN-13: 9780816022939

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This volume is part of a multi-volume work, organized by state. The first nine volumes are devoted to the regional histories of Alabama, Arkansas and Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee and Virginia. The tenth volume covers the border states of Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri, plus Indian units serving the Confederacy and multi-state units designated as Confederates. The final volume is comprised of tables of brigades and higher commands, including names and ranks of their commanders and dates of their commands.

Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg
Confederate Casualties at Gettysburg

Author: John W. Busey

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2017-01-25

Total Pages: 2370

ISBN-13: 1476624364

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This reference book provides information on 24,000 Confederate soldiers killed, wounded, captured or missing at the Battle of Gettysburg. Casualties are listed by state and unit, in many cases with specifics regarding wounds, circumstances of casualty, military service, genealogy and physical descriptions. Detailed casualty statistics are given in tables for each company, battalion and regiment, along with brief organizational information for many units. Appendices cover Confederate and Union hospitals that treated Southern wounded and Federal prisons where captured Confederates were interned after the battle. Original burial locations are provided for many Confederate dead, along with a record of disinterments in 1871 and burial locations in three of the larger cemeteries where remains were reinterred. A complete name index is included.