Bibliograph

Boy colonel of the Confederacy:, the life and times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., Archie K. Davis

Type

Label

Boy colonel of the Confederacy:, the life and times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr., Archie K. Davis

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Boy colonel of the Confederacy:

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Archie K. Davis

Sub title

the life and times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.

Summary

Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. (1841-63), one of the youngest colonels in the Confederate Army, died at the age of twenty-one while leading the twenty-sixth North Carolina regiment into action at the battle of Gettysburg. In this sensitive biography, originally published by UNC Press in 1985, Archie Davis provides a revealing portrait of the young man's character and a striking example of a soldier who selflessly fulfilled his duty. Drawing on Burgwyn's own letters and diary, Davis also offers a fascinating glimpseinto North Carolina society during the antebellum period and the Civil War

Target audience

adult

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