Description: This book gives a peek into the experience from the perspective of the soldiers in all branches and all ranks of the Georgia army.
Brief description: Award winning author J. Keith Jones is a native of Georgia who now lives in North Carolina. He writes history and fiction. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina. His books have won multiple awards. Visit his website at: http: //jkeithjones.com
Review Quotes:
Georgians were in the thick of the three-day Gettysburg battle especially during the first and second days and during the retreat back to Virginia where certain regiments performed as rear guards. There are many Georgia descendants today who will be proud of the light shined on their ancestors who gallantly fought and sacrificed for their state on the Hollowed Grounds of the most famous and well documented battlefield of the entire war.
Vince Dooley
Co-author of The Legion's Fighting Bulldog: The Civil War Correspondence of William Gaston Delony, Lieutenant Colonel of Cobb's Georgia Legion Cavalry, and Rosa Delony, 1853-1863
Legendary Football Coach, University of Georgia
The book is a first-rate study of the Georgia men who actually fought and bled at Gettysburg, offering an up-close and personal insight into why they fought and how they saw the fight around them. The accounts of their personal bravery and sacrifice are fascinating and inspiring. This excellent book is highly recommended to readers interested in the Army of Northern Virginia's Gettysburg Campaign of 1863, the Battle of Gettysburg, and particularly to the brave Georgians who fought and died there.
Joe Owen, author of Lone Star Valor: Texans of the Blue and Gray at Gettysburg, co-author of Texans at Gettysburg: Blood and Glory With Hood's Texas Brigade
The 'Empire State of the South' raised 66 regular infantry regiments for Confederate service; 39 of these units served with the Army of Northern Virginia, and 33 fought near the crossroads town of Gettysburg. The author updates his earlier work with the inclusion of images, detailed maps, and additional accounts. In mining period letters, newspapers, and other sources, Jones enables the reader to retrace the Georgians' efforts during those fateful first three days of July 1863. All with interest in the American Civil War will value this new edition.
Michael K. Shaffer, Civil War historian, author, and instructor at Kennesaw State and Emory Universities