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The Gallant Dead: Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War
The Gallant Dead Union and Confederate Generals Killed in the Civil War Author:Derek Smith Over 400 Confederate and 580 Union soldiers rose to the rank of general in the Civil War. Of them, more than 1 in 10 would die, an astounding 124 in all--78 for the South and 46 for the North. Weaving their stories into a seamless narrative of the entire war, Derek Smith paints a fascinating and often moving portrait of the final moments of some... more » of the finest American warriors who have ever lived, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others.« less