Author: Derek Smith
Publisher: STACKPOLE BOOKS, Mar 2005
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0-8117-0132-8
Synopsis
One in 10 of the Confederate & Union generals died in the Civil War! This is a fascinating look at the final moments of 124 leaders. 30 B&W photos; 6x9 inches, 416 pgs.
More Information
* Covers the deaths of 124 generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others.
Over 400 Confederate and 580 Union soldiers rose to the rank of general in the Civil War. Of them, more than 1 in 10 would die, an astounding 124 in all - 78 for the South and 46 for the North. Weaving their stories into a seamless narrative of the entire war, Smith paints a fascinating and often moving portrait of the final moments of some of the finest American warriors who have ever lived.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Derek Smith, a native of South Carolina, is a former journalist and the author of Civil War Savannah (0-913720-93-3), Glory Yards (1-55853-244-7), and the novel The Sentinels (1-929490-13-5). He currently lives in New York.
