In this book the story of Company A is told through the real-time, unfiltered correspondence of the soldiers who fought to end slavery and preserve the United States. This allows readers to develop a personal connection with the men of Company A as they learn the fate, good and tragic, of the men featured throughout the book.
In this book the story of Company A is told through the real-time, unfiltered correspondence of the soldiers who fought to end slavery and preserve the United States. This allows readers to develop a personal connection with the men of Company A as they learn the fate, good and tragic, of the men featured throughout the book.
Edward S. Cooper is author of Louis Trezevant Wigfall: The Disintegration of the Union and Collapse of the Confederacy (2012) and Traitors: The Secession Period, November 1860-July 1861.
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Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Forming Company A 2. Gallipolis 3. Camp Wickliffe 4. Shiloh 5. Chasing Confederates 6. Stones River 7. Chickamauga 8. Brown's Ferry 9. Orchard Knob 10. Missionary Ridge 11. Reenlist 12. Pickett's Mill 13. Atlanta 14. Overton Knob 15. Texas 16. Biographical Notes Bibliography Index