A Southern Boy in Blue: The Memoir of Marcus Woodcock, 9th Kentucky Infantry (VOICES OF THE CIVIL WAR SERIES)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Of the one hundred thousand Southerners who donned Federal uniforms during the Civil War, more than forty thousand were Tennesseeans. 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 linesâ&eu...
ISBN(s)
0870499211, 9780870499210
