The struck eagle
Subtitle: a biography of Brigadier General Micah Jenkins, and a history of the Fifth South Carolina Volunteers and the Palmetto Sharpshooters
By: James J. Baldwin III.
Publisher: Burd Street Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Shippensburg, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Jenkins, Micah, 1835-1864.; Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography.; Confederate States of America. Army. Palmetto Sharpshooters -- History.; Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 5th -- History.; Generals -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Description: The Civil War had a profound effect on the soldiers and their families, and it is this aspect that is often neglected. We fail to grasp the horrible, day-to-day reality of the conflict, and we cannot fully appreciate the individual sacrifices made both by the fighting men and by their families.

The civilians who were swept along by the tidal wave of events which propelled the states into such violent combat, and those who fought each other for four long and gruelling years, were men and women with families and communities not so unlike our own. It is in studying the fascinating and compelling stories of these individuals that we can begin to appreciate the effects of the war on the soldiers and on the wives and children they left behind.

Only by understanding some of what they endured, can we properly honor them, which is the primary reason for this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-431) and index.