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A Maryland Boy in Lee’s Army: Personal Reminiscences of a Maryland Soldier in the War between the States, 1861-1865

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The Civil War tore Maryland in half. Young George Wilson Booth followed the call of the Confederacy and served four years under the banners of the Army of Virginia. All the way through the bright days of the early successes at both Manassas battles and in smaller tussles, from the Peninsula to the Valley, Booth saw history being made. He served with Stonewall Jackson, “Grumble” Jones, Dick Ewell, Jubal Early, and John Imboden. Wounded at Greenland Gap, he arrived late at Gettysburg—most certainly to his good fortune. Promoted to captain, Booth used to be in the Valley in the final days and used to be present on the burning of Chambersburg. An unreconstructed rise up, Booth tells his story simply and straightforwardly, in all probability because he intended this book for family and friends and due to this fact felt no wish to be “literary.” The result is a dramatic, powerful, and honest account that takes its place among the finest of the Confederate memoirs.

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