A Scythe of Fire: Through the Civil War With One of Lee's Most Legendary Regiments

by Wilkinson, Warren; Woodworth, Steven E.

• ISBN13: 9780060542290
• ISBN10: 0060542292
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publications

Summary

One of the most revered units to participate in the Civil War, the Eighth Georgia Infantry made history for fighting at the forefront of the war's most famous battles. In this stirring volume, two renowned historical researchers bring a human dimension to the struggle as they recount these soldiers' experiences.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
In Defense of Southern Rights	p. 1
The Elite of the Town	p. 2
I Go to Illustrate Georgia	p. 13
A Report That Would Be Heard	p. 18
Important Movements Are on Foot	p. 25
To Belong to the Southern Army	p. 30
Daughter of the Stars	p. 30
They Would Rush into Danger	p. 35
Those Halcyon Days in the Valley	p. 41
We Knew Where We Were a Going	p. 46
Never Give Up the Field	p. 51
You Must Get There	p. 51
Battle and Fighting Mean Death	p. 57
Get Ready, Men!	p. 60
I Could Hear the Bullets	p. 66
That Place of Slaughter	p. 68
We Have Whipped 'Em	p. 78
What an Insignificant Creature One Man Is	p. 86
All Quiet Along the Potomac	p. 92
I Have Missed It	p. 92
The Eighth Georgia Is Known	p. 95
He Caused Them to Have Some Serious Thoughts	p. 101
Nothing Unusual	p. 106
Moped Up in a Tent	p. 115
We Must Not Let the Yankees Take Richmond	p. 118
The Blighting Effects of War	p. 118
The Occasional Crack of a Rifle	p. 123
The Idol of His Regiment	p. 131
From Some Cause, Not Understood by Me	p. 137
In Search of the Enemy	p. 145
Resistless as an Ocean Tide	p. 150
A Quiet but Deep Work	p. 150
Deep and Stern Convictions of Duty	p. 156
Our Generals Seem to Have Failed	p. 159
Soldiers Must Know No Obstacles	p. 162
The Grandest Sight I Ever Looked Upon	p. 169
May the Lord Direct Me	p. 176
Some of the Prettiest Fighting	p. 180
We Can Whip Any Army	p. 188
Much the Worse for Wear	p. 188
We Could Riddle Him into Doll Rags	p. 194
Safely Through Another Week	p. 199
The Best Place to Move From	p. 205
A Scythe of Fire	p. 212
Quit Fooling with Them	p. 212
Abolition Soil	p. 219
Such as the Army Needs	p. 222
Today We Shall Whip Them	p. 226
A Splendid Line of Brave Men	p. 231
Stand Up and Fight	p. 238
The Valley of Death	p. 246
We Had Not Won	p. 252
The Frown of Heaven	p. 257
The Worst Part of This War	p. 263
Our Times Are in His Hands	p. 263
Like Old Times at Home	p. 268
The Most Exciting Charge	p. 272
The Sullen and Angry Expression on the Faces of Our Soldiers	p. 277
The Raging Sea	p. 283
The Battle That Most Tried My Nerves	p. 283
It Was a Butchery	p. 289
As Befits One of the Eighth Georgia	p. 292
A Secret Whisper	p. 297
I Will Be in My Place	p. 303
Appendix	p. 307
Notes	p. 314
Index	p. 329
Table of Contents provided by Ingram. All Rights Reserved.