Title: Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud
Description: "William McGee, credited with leading a Federal force to victory in a clash just thirty miles from Franklin, Tennessee, was awarded a Medal of Honor, written up as glorious legend, commissioned lieutenant at 18, and disappeared from history. The story of a lost hero whose fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Drummers (Musicians), United States Civil War, 1861-1865, New Jersey Civil War, 1861-1865, Impostors and imposture, United States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 20th. Company K, United States, Medal of Honor, Thieves, Biography, Soldiers, Murderers, History, United states, army, infantry, Musicians, united states, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
Places: New Jersey, Newark, United States
People: William Henry McGee
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865