Forgotten valor
the memoirs, journals, and Civil War letters of Orlando B. Willcox
by Orlando B. Willcox
"Editor Robert Garth Scott has sifted through what is arguably the largest collection of Civil War-related material to surface in fifty years. From his childhood in Detroit through his cadetship at West Point, his service in the Mexican, Seminole, and Civil Wars, and his post-Civil War experiences in the West - Willcox's story is published here for the first time."--BOOK JACKET.
"The Civil War, however, the major event of Willcox's life, is the focus of this book. Whether Willcox was on the field at Bull Run, within the confines of Libby Prison, at dinner with President Lincoln, or desperately defending Fort Stedman against Lee's effort to break the siege at Petersburg, through his recollections we are able to view history as it was being made through the eyes of one who lived it."--BOOK JACKET.
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Forgotten valor: the memoirs, journals, and Civil War letters of Orlando B. Willcox
1999, Kent State University Press
in English
0873386280 9780873386289
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 695-697) and index.
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The papers of Major General Orlando Bolivar Willcox, one of the most prominent division commanders in the Union army, were recently discovered locked in a trunk in a Washington, D.C., attic, virtually untouched since his death nearly a century ago. Editor Robert Garth Scott has sifted through what is arguably the largest collection of Civil War-related material to surface in fifty years. From his childhood in Detroit through his cadetship at West Point, his service in the Mexican, Seminole, and Civil Wars, and his post-Civil War experiences in the West, Willcox’s story is published here for the first time.
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