The Gallant Dead: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War

by Derek Smith

Book Overview

Covers the deaths of 124 generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others

Over 400 Confederate and 580 Union soldiers rose to the rank of general in the Civil War. Of them, more than 1 in 10 would die, an astounding 124 in all 78 for the South and 46 for the North. Weaving their stories into a seamless narrative of the entire war, Smith paints a fascinating and often...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811701328
• ISBN13: 9780811701327
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Stackpole Books
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.4"