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The author explores the personality of this iron-willed commander & brilliant tactician & gives us colorful profiles of the men who served under him. This is the most complete & compelling account to date of the fighting unit so hated by Grant that he ordered any captured Ranger to be summarily executed without trail.
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A marvelous account of the life of a great man – the story of the man behind the myth – his childhood, wartime exploits and controversial post-war views which saw him shunned by the same South who had worshipped him during the conflict.
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Johnsonville, a little known, badly timed, most successful campaign, all but submerged in the multitude of events that took place in the backwaters of our nation’s four year struggle. By Col. Donald H. Steenburn, U.S. Army-Retired.
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The commander of the three-hundred-wagon Union supply train never expected a large ragtag group of Texans and Native Americans to attack during the dark of night. But Brigadier Generals Richard Gano and Stand Watie defeated the unsuspecting Federals in the early morning hours of September 19, 1864, at Cabin Creek in the Cherokee nation. The legendary Watie, the only Native American general on either side, planned details of the raid for months. His preparation paid off--the Confederate troops captured wagons with supplies that would be worth more than $75 million today.
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This work offers a contemporaneous portrait of Old Virginia, her unwavering stance on State sovereignty, and her fight to the death to defend the fundamental principle upon which the Republic was founded.
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This is a collection of war letters written by teenagers George and Walter Battle during their service in Company F, 4th North Carolina Regiment, CSA. Underage, yet full of vitality and idealism, these boys were not just fighting for their country; they were fighting to protect their family's name. Two young brothers had gone off to war as mere boys. Their experiences quickly hardened and molded them into veterans of the greatest army ever to march on American soil.
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Army of Tennessee Battle Flag also referred to as the "Naval Jack". The SCV's flag design is unique in that it replicates the design of an original flag found in a museum. This is not a novelty flag, but a faithful recreation of an original in dimensions and design.
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Battle flag of the Army of Northern Virginia. Comes in a 32" X 32" with white border or a 52" X 52" with white border.
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Polyester 3'X5'. General Hardee was a Corps Commander in the Army of Tennessee and this distinctive flag of royal blue with a heavy white border and circled orb was carried by the regiments of his Corps. Patrick Cleburne's men carried this banner into combat and he was killed under it at Franklin.
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Polyester 3'X5'. General Leonidas Polk was the Episcopalian Bishop of Louisiana, a Confederate Lt. Gen. and Corps Commander in the Army of Tennessee. Killed during the Atlanta Campaign of 1864, the entire Army of Tennessee mourned his death. This distinctive design consisting of white and red Crosses of St. George on a royal blue flag was carried by the regiments in the Polk Corps.
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3'x5' polyester 1st National Flag originally adopted on March 4,1861 with 7 stars representing the original Confederate States. This is the "Stars and Bars" flag versus the "Stars and Stripes" flag of the United States.
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This polyester 3'X3' Taylor flag is based upon the flags our ancestors carried into battle in the Army of the Trans-Mississippi.
