The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John C. Reed's Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox

John C. Reed fought through the entire war as an officer in the 8th Georgia Infantry, most of it with General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. The Princeton graduate was wounded at least twice (Second Manassas and Gettysburg), promoted to captain during the Wilderness fighting on May 6, 1864, and led his company through the balance of the Overland Campaign, throughout the horrific siege of Petersburg, and all the way to the Appomattox surrender on April 9, 1865.

The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer is a perceptive and articulate account filled with riveting recollections of some of the war's most intense fighting. Reed offers strong opinions on a wide variety of officers and topics. This outstanding memoir, judiciously edited and annotated by William R. Cobb, is published here in full for the first time. The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer is a valuable resource certain to become a classic in the genre.

About the Editor: William R. "Ron" Cobb, a retired engineer and management consultant, is a descendant of a Confederate private who fought in the 59th Georgia, a sister regiment to the 8th Georgia. Ron has published widely on baseball. This is his first Civil War-related book.

Author: William R. Cobb
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Published: 12/21/2022
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN: 9781611215144

About the Author
Cobb, William R.: - Ron has also edited and published five baseball biographies including Ty Cobb: Two Biographies by H. G. Salsinger (McFarland, 2012) and Honus Wagner: On his Life and Baseball by Honus Wagner (Ann Arbor Media, 2006). In 2010, Ron authored a breakthrough article entitled "The Georgia Peach--Stumped by the Storyteller," in The National Pastime. The article won the 2010 National McFarland/SABR award for the best baseball history research article of the year. Ron later expanded the research and published it in 2013 book form with the same title.