Alexander Fighting Elleck Hays: The Life of a Civil War General, From West Point to the Wilderness

by Wayne Mahood

Book Overview

Although he never achieved the renown of Ulysses S. Grant or Robert E. Lee, General Alexander Hays was one of the great military men of the Civil War.

Born July 8, 1819, in Franklin, Pennsylvania, Hays graduated from West Point and served with distinction during the Mexican War. When the Civil War began a few years later, it was no surprise that Hays immediately volunteered and was given the initial rank of colonel with a later meritorious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786461055
• ISBN13: 9780786461059
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher