Boy General of the 11th Alabama: John C.C. Sanders and Company C in the Civil War

by Don Abel

In the spring of 1861, John Caldwell Calhoun Sanders, a 21-year-old cadet at the University of Alabama, helped organize a company of the 11th Alabama Volunteer Infantry. Hailing primarily from Greene County, the 109 men of Company C, "The Confederate Guards," signed on for the duration of the war and made Sanders their first captain. They would fight in every major battle in the Eastern Theater, under Robert E. Lee.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476693757
• ISBN13: 9781476693750
• Release Date: November 2023
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up