The Spirits of Bad Men Made Perfect: The Life and Diary of Confederate Artillerist William Ellis Jones

by Constance Hall Jones

This remarkable biography and edited diary tell the story of William Ellis Jones (1838-1910), an artillerist in Crenshaw's Battery, Pegram's Battalion, the Army of Northern Virginia. One of the few extant diaries by a Confederate artillerist, Jones's articulate writings cover camp life as well as many of the key military events of 1862, including the Peninsula Campaign, the Second Battle of Manassas, the Maryland Campaign, and the Battle of Fredericksburg...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809337614
• ISBN13: 9780809337613
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"