The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as Gregg's and Subsequently as McGowan's Brigade (Classic Reprint)
The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as Gregg's and Subsequently as McGowan's Brigade (Classic Reprint)

Author: J. F. J. Caldwell

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Published: 2015-08-08

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781332445400

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The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as Gregg's and Subsequently as McGowan's Brigade.
The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians, Known First as Gregg's and Subsequently as McGowan's Brigade.

Author: J F J Caldwell

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-08

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9781297540301

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Wandering to Glory
Wandering to Glory

Author: Dewitt Boyd Stone

Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 9781570034336

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In Wandering to Glory DeWitt Boyd Stone, Jr., pieces together the words of officers and soldiers in an imaginative, nontraditional brigade history of one of the Confederacy's most active combat troops. Stone blends firsthand accounts from a variety of sources to tell the colorful story of Brigadier General Nathan George Shanks Evans and his Tramp Brigade. An independent South Carolina unit never permanently attached to a particular army, Evans's Brigade traveled widely, making its way from one frontline to another and earning its nickname. Stone profiles the unit's accomplished but egotistical commander, who gained fame as a hero at the First Battle of Manassas, and traces its impressive war record, which began at Second Manassas and included its moment of glory at ground zero during the Battle of the Crater, at Petersburg, Virginia. Nearly ten percent of all South Carolinians who fought in the Confederate army were members of Evan's Brigade, which included South Carolina's 17th, 18th, 22nd, and 23rd Regiments, the Macbeth Light Artillery, and the infantry companies of the Holcombe Legion. Later the 26th Regiment of South Carolina Volunteers joined the unit. The troops numbered