Lee's Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade

by Earl J. Hess

Book Overview

The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade was one of North Carolina's best-known and most successful units during the Civil War. Formed in 1862, the brigade spent nearly a year protecting supply lines before being thrust into its first major combat at Gettysburg. There, James Johnston Pettigrew's men pushed back the Union's famed Iron Brigade in vicious fighting on July 1 and played a key role in Pickett's Charge on July 3, in the process earning a reputation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469627221
• ISBN13: 9781469627229
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.9" x 9.0"