Free Downloads Kershaw's Brigade - Volume 1 - South Carolina's Regiments In The American Civil War - Manassas, Seven Pines, Sharpsburg (Antietam), Fredricksburg, ... Fort Sanders & Bean Station. (v. 1)
Kershaw's Brigade - Volume one. Carolina's Regiments and the Great Battles. This is the story of South Carolina regiments in the American Civil War. As such it is essentially the story of the war itself since the state's forces were engaged from the very beginning at Fort Sumter to beyond and the eventual surrender of Lee at Appomatox. Published in two volumes by Leonaur this substantial work graphically describes the major battles of the war together with much personal recollection, anecdotes, incident, drama and humour. Kershaw's Brigade will be an invaluable source work for anyone interested in the genealogy of South Carolina. Rolls and Regimental changes, promotions and casualties abound together with biographies of principal characters.
Paperback: 316 pages
Publisher: LEONAUR (September 18, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1846771048
ISBN-13: 978-1846771040
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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This excellent book about the history of Kershaw's South Carolina Brigade was written by one of it's soldiers D. Augustus Dickert. Originally published in 1899, the author tells the history of not only the history of the brigade but his own views on why South Carolina seceeded from the Union in 1860. The author tells the fascinating history of the officers of the brigade beginning with it's commanding General Joseph Kershaw and then tells a brief biography of the higher ranked officers of the brigade. The author was a member of the 3rd South Carolina Infantry Regiment and he tells about the beginning battles of the Civil War up to 1863 in this first of two volumes he wrote about the brigade. His recollections of the battles he was in is highlighted with great prose and descriptions. Mr. Dickert who ran away at 15 years of age to join the regiment was a Captain in his regiment when it surrendered four years later in 1865. The author describes the regiment in the battles of 1st Manassas (Bull Run), Seven Pines, Sharpsburg (Antietam), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Fort Sanders and Bean Station. This first volume ends in year 1863 and the second volume is about the battles from 1864 to the brigades surrender at Appomattax Court House in 1865.This first volume is a great read and the author describes the experiences of the regiment in a fascinating prose. This is a hard fighting brigade and was able to inflict serious damage to the Army of the Potomac in every battle on the eastern theatre of the Civil War. During the battle of Gettsyburg on July 2, 1863 during the afternoon the soldiers of Kershaw’s Brigade made an unsuccessful attempt to silence the cannon along the Wheatfield Road.
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