Title Lee and Jackson's bloody twelfth : the letters of Irby Goodwin Scott, first lieutenant, Company G, Putnam Light Infantry, Twelfth Georgia Volunteer Infantry / edited by Johnnie Perry Pearson

Edition 1st ed Published Knoxville, Tenn. : University of Tennessee Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xxx, 264 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Voices of the Civil War Voices of the Civil War series Contents Seat of war -- Mountains of Northwestern Virginia -- Camp on the Greenbrier River -- Cannon fire on the Greenbrier -- Camp Allegheny -- 1862 Valley Campaign -- Seven Days to Cedar Mountain -- Fredericksburg front -- Second Northern Campaign -- Rapidan front -- Detached duty -- 1864 Overland Campaign -- Final word home -- Appendix : roster of the Company G, Putnam Light Infantry, Twelfth Georgia Infantry Regiment Summary Offering a fascinating look at an ordinary soldier's struggle to survive not only the horrors of combat but also the unrelenting hardship of camp life, Lee and Jackson's Bloody Twelfth brings together for the first time the extant correspondence of Confederate lieutenant Irby Goodwin Scott, who served in the hard-fighting Twelfth Georgia Infantry. The collection begins with Scott's first letter home from Richmond, Virginia, in June 1861, and ends with his last letter to his father in February 1865. Scott miraculously completed the journey from naïve recruit to hardened veteran while seeing action in many of the Eastern Theater's most important campaigns: the Shenandoah Valley, the Peninsula, Second Manassas, and Gettysburg Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-248) and index Notes Print version record Subject Scott, Irby Goodwin, 1840-1925 -- Correspondence SUBJECT Scott, Irby Goodwin, 1840-1925 -- Correspondence Scott, Irby Goodwin, 1840-1925 fast Subject Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company G. Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 12th. SUBJECT Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 12th fast Confederate States of America. Army. Georgia Infantry Regiment, 12th. Company G fast Subject Soldiers -- Georgia -- Putnam County -- Correspondence HISTORY. HISTORY -- General. Military campaigns Regimental histories Soldiers SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262 Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267 Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2012001429 Putnam County (Ga.) -- Biography Subject Georgia Georgia -- Putnam County United States Virginia Genre/Form Biographies History Personal narratives Personal narratives Personal correspondence Form Electronic book Author Pearson, Johnnie Perry. ISBN 9781572337398 1572337397

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