Footprints of a regiment

Name: Footprints of a regiment
Author: W.H. Andrews
ISBN: 1563520303

by W.H. Andrews (1992)

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Footprints of a Regiment chronicles W.H. Andrews' four years in the War Between the States from the Siege of Yorktown to the war's last battle at Bentonville, North Carolina. Based on his war journals and written in the 1890s, Andrews' moving memoir offers unusual access to the war -- the perspective of a foot soldier reflecting some thirty years later. Andrews gives vivid and dramatic descriptions of his company's twenty-plus battles, including their violence and tragedy. No less fascinating are the descriptions of his everyday experiences through the southern battleground states -- long, hard marches, foraging as a result of scant rations and pay, soldiers deserting to relieve starving families, silly antics to ease restlessness or exhaustion. - Jacket flap.

Setting / LocationGlobal

Story EraModern Era

Protagonist / CoreFootprints of a regiment Lead Character

Themes & Moods

Biography & Memoir Georgia Civil War, 1861-1865 Confederate States of America United States Civil War, 1861-1865 Soldiers Confederate Personal narratives Modern Era

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