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Boy Colonel of the Confederacy

The Life and Times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.

Archie K. Davis

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 11/2000
Pages: 424
Subject: History, Biography and Autobiography | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807866610

DESCRIPTION

Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. (1841-63), one of the youngest colonels in the Confederate Army, died at the age of twenty-one while leading the twenty-sixth North Carolina regiment into action at the battle of Gettysburg. In this sensitive biography, originally published by UNC Press in 1985, Archie Davis provides a revealing portrait of the young man's character and a striking example of a soldier who selflessly fulfilled his duty. Drawing on Burgwyn's own letters and diary, Davis also offers a fascinating glimpse into North Carolina society during the antebellum period and the Civil War.

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