Lafayette of the South
Subtitle: Prince Camille de Polignac and the American Civil War
By: Jeff Kinard.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Texas A&M University military history series ;; 70; Texas A & M University military history series ;; 70.
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
Subjects: Polignac, Camille de, b. 1832.; Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.; Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.; French -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.; Princes -- France -- Biography.; Red River Expedition, 1864.; Southwest, Old -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "The Confederate career of Prince Camille de Polignac - French aristocrat, professional military man, and soldier of fortune - has gone largely unnoticed because most of his service occurred in the relatively neglected western theater of the American Civil War.".

"In Lafayette of the South, Jeff Kinard reveals the distinguished but underappreciated life and career of Prince Camille de Polignac. Kinard follows Polignac through his early days, his dramatic years during the Civil War and the Franco-Prussian War, and the rest of his long, eventful life. Polignac died in 1913, holding the peculiar distinction of being the last Confederate major general and the only foreign national on either side to earn that rank."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-224) and index.