num_pages: 61
description: From the back cover of the "They were standard bearers of a lost cause. Thirteen confederate generals, who led their troops through some fo the bloodiest battles of the American War Between the States. THey survived the violence of war, but could not survive its aftermath. It was the era of Reconstruction, where violence and corruption were rampant. For most of their lives, the generals had been accustomed to positions of power and influence. Most had been born to socially prominent families, and their sense of preeminence was reinforced by the Confederate Army. After the war, however, they oftne found themselves marginalized in Reconstruction's new world, and they were ill-equipped for it. Ultimately, all thirteen generals would meet mysterious and violent ends. Perhaps they could never come to terms with post-war feelings of powerless frustration. Their reasons are a subject for endless speculation. The facts of their lives and deaths are not."
language: English
title: Broken Swords: The Lives, Times, and Deaths of Eight Former Confederate Generals Murdered After the Smoke of Battle Had Cleared
titlecomplete: Broken Swords: The Lives, Times, and Deaths of Eight Former Confederate Generals Murdered After the Smoke of Battle Had Cleared
publisher: Vantage Press