About this title: Of the 100,000 Southerners who donned Federal uniforms during the Civil War, more than 40,000 were Tennesseans. Not surprisingly, most came from the Appalachian counties of East Tennessee -- but not all. A Middle Tennessean named Marcus Woodcock, not yet nineteen when the war began, was among the exceptions.
A Southern Boy in Blue is Woodcock's own account of his experiences during the war. After joining the 9th Kentucky Infantry, Woodcock barely missed the battle of Shiloh -- a bout of measles kept him from the front lines -- but he went on to see action at Stones River, Chickamauga, and ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF TENNESSEE PR
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781572331266ISBN:1572331267
Description: New. Of the 100, 000 Southerners who donned Federal uniforms during the Civil War, more than 40, 000 were Tennesseans. Not surprisingly, most came from the Appalachian counties of East Tennessee--but not all. A Middle Tennessean named Marcus Woodcock, not... read more
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