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Title: The Orphan Brigade: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home by William C. Davis ISBN: 0-8071-1077-9 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: March, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
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Comment: Davis tells the story of the how the Orphan Brigade came about which also covers daily camp life, individual stories and how the regiments formed. It is very clear just how the regiments were grouped and organized through descriptive writing. Many stories of soldiers hard fighting in their history at places such as Shiloh, Chickamauga, Murfreesboro and their dreaded marches in Mississippi around Vicksburg is covered. This book answers questions I had like: Just how did they fight? Who was in command? Who died? What became of the regiments after their numbers dwindled? Davis easily answers all of these and tells the story of the Orphan Brigade from beginning to end. This book is great for anyone looking to gain information on Western Campaigns and gain further knowledge on Kentuckians who had the odds stacked against them. It is perfect to gain an understanding about Kentucky in the Civil War and those who chose to fight for the south that lived there.
Rating: 5
Summary: entertaining and at the same time tragic
Comment: This is the story of the brigade (in the Civil War, from 5000 to 2000 men or so depending on the stage of the war) of Kentuckians who fought for the Confederacy. Kentucky being occupied relatively early in the war, they fought on far from home through the war.
Davis does well at covering the breadth of experience of soldiers: the life of the private in the ranks, as well as of the senior officer, is well researched. He captures the unique cultural distinctions of Kentucky quite nicely: masters at obtaining bourbon, an informal approach, raw courage, and love of horses. The bungling of generals is not soft-pedaled, which is just as well considering how much the Orphans suffered from it.
Worth adding to any Civil War library, but of particular interest to Kentuckian history buffs.
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Title: Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier by Johnny Green, Kent Masterson Brown, A. D. Kirwan ISBN: 081312221X Publisher: University Press of Kentucky Pub. Date: February, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade by John S. Jackman, William C. Davis ISBN: 1570031649 Publisher: University of South Carolina Press Pub. Date: March, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Battle at Bull Run: A History of the First Major Campaign of the Civil War by Williwm C. Davis, William C. Davis ISBN: 0807108677 Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: May, 1981 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: To The Gates of Richmond : The Peninsula Campaign by Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0618127135 Publisher: Mariner Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga by Peter Cozzens ISBN: 0252065956 Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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