Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud
By: Thomas Fox ; foreword by Joseph G. Bilby.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780786432899
Subjects: McGee, William Henry; United States. -- Army. -- Infantry Regiment, 20th. -- Company K -- Biography; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography; Drummers (Musicians) -- New Jersey -- Newark -- Biography; Medal of Honor -- Biography; Impostors and imposture -- United States -- Biography; Thieves -- United States -- Biography; Murderers -- United States -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography; New Jersey -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "William McGee, credited with leading a Federal force to victory in a clash just thirty miles from Franklin, Tennessee, was awarded a Medal of Honor, written up as glorious legend, commissioned lieutenant at 18, and disappeared from history. The story of a lost hero whose fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.