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History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A

History of the Twentieth Tennessee Regiment Volunteer Infantry, C.S.A

J. McMurray, W.

Paperback

General ReferenceGeneral United States HistoryMilitary Strategy

ISBN10: 9353709776
ISBN13: 9789353709778
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 1 2019
Pages: 588
Weight: 1.62
Height: 1.31 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
A regiment marches through smoke and memory. Tennessee in the 1860s is close enough to touch. W. J. McMurray records the lived texture of the 20th Tennessee Regiment, setting faces and voices against the wider Western Theater Civil War. Men, mud, hunger, marching, loss. Part civil war regimental history and part confederate memoir primary source, this narrative keeps attention on what armies are made of: comradeship, discipline, fear, and hard decisions taken far from home. Written from within the ranks, it captures the rhythms of enlistment, drill, and the long intervals between fights, when rumours and letters carried as much weight as bullets. The result is a vivid record of Tennessee in 1860s wartime culture, and a reminder that the Western theatre was shaped as much by endurance as by headline battles. For readers of american military history book classics, McMurray offers a ground-level confederate infantry unit history that complements grand strategy with personal recollection. The focus on Tennessee battlefield campaigns and the regiment's place in the Confederate war effort makes this an invaluable academic history reference, yet the plain immediacy of confederate soldier experiences keeps it readable for any Civil War enthusiast. Historians, re-enactors, and families tracing names and movements will find a dependable starting point for civil war genealogy research. It also belongs on the shelf of any civil war history collection, alongside the best nineteenth-century memoirs and regimental records. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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