Siege Train: The Journal of a Confederate Artilleryman in the Defense of Charleston - Warren Ripley - Hardcover - 1ST ED.

Major Edward Manigault, one of the commanding officers ordered by General P. G. T. Beauregard to document his unit's daily operations, began a diary in July 1863 that would become one of the most informative records to survive the Civil War. Covering thirteen months of combat in one of the Confederacy's rare siege artillery units, Manigault's journal offers a day-by-day, at times hour-by-hour, account of life on the front lines. Especially notable for its description of artillery training, Manigault's diary vividly depicts his unit's participation in such well-known engagements as the battle for Battery Wagner and the attempt to sieze the U.S. gunboat Marblehead.Ripley, Warren is the author of 'Siege Train: The Journal of a Confederate Artilleryman in the Defense of Charleston - Warren Ripley - Hardcover - 1ST ED.' with ISBN 9780872494916 and ISBN 0872494918.