Boy Colonel of the Confederacy: The Life and Times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.
Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 1985. 406 pp. Hardcover in original binding and dust jacket. Text is complete. Not Ex-Lib.
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. Item #100420
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