THE ORPHAN BRIGADE: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home.…

THE ORPHAN BRIGADE: The Kentucky Confederates Who Couldn't Go Home.

Edition: Book club edition.

New York: Doubleday, 1980. dj. Hardcover - When the Kentucky Legislature voted to remain with the Union in 1861, the newly formed First Kentucky Brigade decided to fight on the side of the Confederacy. From the dustjacket: "it marked a four-year separation from their beloved homeland. Fiercely independent to the end, these men would fight for the cause of the South. With their first march into battle, they became outcasts from their mother state - orphans in the raging strife of Civil War.... Drawing from a weallth of documents, memoirs, personal letters, and journals, David brings to life the fascinating history of the Civil War's 'Orphan Brigade. Notes, index, map endpapers. 318 pp. ISBN: 0-385148933.

Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. (lower corner of dj flap clipped.)

Book ID: 35160
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