Wandering to glory
Subtitle: Confederate veterans remember Evans' Brigade
By: edited by DeWitt Boyd Stone, Jr.
Contributors: Stone, Dewitt Boyd.
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 331
Subjects: Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868.; Confederate States of America. Army. Evans' Brigade.; Veterans -- South Carolina -- Biography.; Soldiers -- South Carolina -- Diaries.; Soldiers -- South Carolina -- Correspondence.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Genres: Biography.; Diaries.; Correspondence.; Personal narratives.
Description: "In Wandering to Glory, DeWitt Boyd Stone, Jr. pieces together the words of officers and soldiers in an imaginative, nontraditional brigade history of one of the Confederacy's most active combat troops.

Stone blends firsthand accounts from a variety of sources to tell the colorful story of Brigadier General Nathan George "Shanks" Evans and his "Tramp Brigade." An independent South Carolina unit never permanently attached to a particular army, Evans' Brigade traveled widely, making its way from one frontline to another and earning its nickname.

Stone profiles the unit's accomplished but egotistical commander, who gained fame as a hero at the First Battle of Manassas, and traces its impressive war record, which began at Second Manassas and included its moment of glory at ground zero during the Battle of the Crater, at Petersburg, Virginia."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: Nathan George "Shanks" Evans; title: Organizing and training the brigade; title: Skirmishes in Northern Virginia; title: Second Manassas and the Maryland campaign; title: The fighting almost ends for Adjutant Dubose; title: The battle of Kinston; title: The Mississippi campaign; title: The fighting ends for Private Elwell; title: Garrison duty in Charleston; title: North to Petersburg; title: The Battle of the Crater; title: The Siege of Petersburg; title: The fighting ends for Private Andrews; title: The Battle of Five Forks; title: The fighting ends for Lieutenant Colonel Hudson; title: On to Appomattox; title: The war ends for General Evans.