A Confederate legend : Sergeant Berry Benson in war and peace / Edward J. Cashin.

Author/creator Cashin, Edward J.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoMacon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxi, 271 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 24 cm
Subjects
Benson, Berry, 1843-1923.
Confederate States of America. Army--Biography.
Elmira Prison (Elmira, N.Y.)
Scouts (Reconnaissance)--Confederate States of America. --Biography.
Shooters of firearms--Confederate States of America. --Biography.
Prisoners of war--New York (State). --Elmira. --Biography.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Scouts and scouting.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Prisoners and prisons.
United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Campaigns.
Augusta (Ga.)--Biography.

Contents Growing up in Hamburg -- Fort Sumter -- The Seven Days -- Second Manassas -- Sharpsburg -- Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville -- Wartime Augusta -- The wilderness and Spotsylvania -- From Point Lookout to Elmira Prison Camp -- Through enemy country -- Campaign for Savannah -- The lines at Petersburg -- The emergence of the lost cause -- The promise of the new South -- New causes, new campaigns -- The Confederate's burden.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008015724
ISBN9780881461183 (hbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0881461180 (hbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E 467.1.B46 C37 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold