Patriot Graves: Discovering a California Town's Civil War Heritage

by Jim Gregory

Beginning with the epitaphs of Civil War veterans in his California home town's cemetery, author Jim Gregory traced fifty veterans to the battlefields of their youth--Shiloh, Antietam, Gettysburg, Missionary Ridge, The Wilderness and finally to the pursuit that led to the surrender at Appomattox.Using primary as well as secondary sources--including diaries, letters and official reports--Gregory describes the sights and sounds of battle, the leaders...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692687041
• ISBN13: 9780692687048
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Jim Gregory
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"