Confederate legend
Subtitle: Sergeant Berry Benson in war and peace
By: Edward J. Cashin.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mercer University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Macon, Ga
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
ISBN-13: 9780881461183
Subjects: Benson, Berry, -- 1843-1923; Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Biography; Elmira Prison (Elmira, N.Y.); Scouts (Reconnaissance) -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; Shooters of firearms -- Confederate States of America -- Biography; Prisoners of war -- New York (State) -- Elmira -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Scouts and scouting; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; Augusta (Ga.) -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Growing up in Hamburg; title: Fort Sumter; title: The Seven Days; title: Second Manassas; title: Sharpsburg; title: Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; title: Wartime Augusta; title: The wilderness and Spotsylvania; title: From Point Lookout to Elmira Prison Camp; title: Through enemy country; title: Campaign for Savannah; title: The lines at Petersburg; title: The emergence of the lost cause; title: The promise of the new South; title: New causes, new campaigns; title: The Confederate's burden.