Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade The Journal of a Confederate Soldier

" WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KENT MASTERSON BROWN Winner of the General Basil W. Duke Award for best Civil War reprint A riveting view of frontline Civil War action at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta, and many other crucial battles. John W. Green (1841-1920), an enlisted man with Kentucky's famed Confederate Orphan Brigade throughout the Civil War, fought at Shiloh, Baton Rouge, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta and many other crucial battles. An acute observer with a flair for humanizing the impersonal horror of war, he kept a record of his experiences, and penned an exciting front-line account of America's defining trial by fire. A.D. Kirwan provides a brief history of the Orphan Brigade and a biography of Johnny Green. Introductions to each chapter explain references in the journal and also set the context for the major campaigns.Green, John Williams is the author of 'Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade The Journal of a Confederate Soldier' with ISBN 9780813122212 and ISBN 081312221X.