Berry Benson's Civil War book
Subtitle: memoirs of a Confederate scout and sharpshooter.
By: Edited by Susan Williams Benson.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1962
Place of publication: Athens
Language: eng
Number of pages: 203
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Other titles: Civil War book.
Description: Confederate scout and sharpshooter Berry Greenwood Benson witnessed the first shot fired on Fort Sumter, retreated with Lee's Army to its surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, and missed little of the action in between. This memoir of his service is a remarkable narrative, filled with the minutiae of the soldier's life and paced by a continual succession of battlefield anecdotes.