Joe Brown's Pets

by Scaife, William R.

• ISBN13: 9780865548831
• ISBN10: 0865548838
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-15
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

Using original documents found in the Georgia Department of Archives and History, two Civil War historians have written not only the first history of the Georgia Militia during the Civil War, but have produced the definitive history of this militia.

Author Biography

William Harris Bragg teaches history at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The War Governor and His Militia	1	(26)
The Georgia Militia during the Atlanta Campaign	27	(38)
Contesting Sherman's March: the Militia at Griswoldville	65	(50)
Defending The Charleston & Savannah Railroad: The Militia at Honey Hill	115	(28)
The Militia at the Siege of Savannah and The Surrender of Macon	143	(38)
Epilogue	181	(4)
Appendix 1. Troops of War: An Overview of Georgia's State Forces, 1861-1865	185	(52)
Appendix 2. The ``Melish'': A Selection of Historical and Literary Descriptions, Satirical and Otherwise, of the Georgia Militia, 1807-1864	237	(15)
Appendix 3. ``Goober Peas''	252	(5)
Appendix 4. Roster of the First Division, Georgia Militia, with Casualty Lists for the Battles of Griswoldville, Georgia, Honey Hill, and South Carolina	257	(72)
Sources	329	(7)
Notes	336	(17)
General Index	353	(6)
Roster/Casualty List	359