Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry by Vaughan, A. J.

Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9783732623327)

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Format: Hardcover
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Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry by Vaughan, A. J.

Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

$46.90
Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry by Vaughan, A. J.

Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry

$46.90
Format: Hardcover
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Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment Tennessee Infantry is the story of the regiment as told by its commander Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughan. The Thirteenth Tennessee Infantry was one of the well-known and highly respected regiments of Vaughan's Brigade, Cheatham's Division, Army of Tennessee. Vaughan covers the regiment's history from its formation in June 1861 until his severe wounding during the Atlanta Campaign at Vining Station, Georgia on July 4, 1864. Vaughan's original version has been updated and expanded to include photos and an additional chapter chronicling the remainder of the regiment's history from Vaughan's wounding in July 1864 until the regiment's surrender with the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, North Carolina in April 1865.

Author: A. J. Vaughan
ISBN-10: 3732623327
ISBN-13: 9783732623327
Publisher: Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh
Language: English
Published: 01/04/2018
Pages: 90
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d
By A. J. Vaughan
By A. J. Vaughan
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Alfred Jefferson Vaughan, Jr. was born May 10, 1830, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. Vaughan was graduated fifteenth in his class of twenty-nine at the Virginia Military Institute on July 4, 1851. Before the war, Vaughan was a civil engineer. When the Civil War broke out, Vaughan, then living in Marshall County, Mississippi, enlisted in the 13th Tennessee Infantry. At the inception of the war, Vaughan was elected captain of his company. Subsequently, he rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel commanding the 13th Tennessee. Vaughan was commissioned Brigadier General and commanded Vaughan's (Preston Smith's) brigade after the Battle of Chickamauga, GA. Vaughan's military career ended in the Atlanta Campaign, when on the thirteenth anniversary of his graduation from VMI, he was severely wounded in the leg by a Federal artillery shell at Vining Station, GA.

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