Description
*8-page b/w photo section
* 6 x 9
* Gives a new perspective of the battle of Chickamauga
* Includes account of the little-known Nickojack Massacre
In 1862 John M. King joined the 92nd Illinois Mounted Infantry. All through his service for the Union he traveled 15,000 miles and participated in 33 engagements. A newspaper owner and editor, he naturally recorded his experiences the use of an inquisitive, steadily wry style. Right through he registered the comic together with the tragic: his drunken commanders, the infighting among his comrades, and the steadily unjust disparities between officers and soldiers. This uncommonly literate diary, meticulously edited, is a hidden gem to be able to appeal to somebody who has ever taken an interest in the Civil War.
Claire Swedberg, a newspaper journalist, could also be the writer of Work Commando 311/I: American Paratroopers Grow to be Forced Laborers for the Nazis and In Enemy Hands: Personal Accounts of Those Taken Prisoner in World War II.