The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John C. Reed’s Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox (ed. William R. Cobb - DLM) Battle fo Gettysburg a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor

a hopelessly by-the-book military instructor and devout Christian who becomes the greatest commander of the Civil War

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The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John C. Reed’s Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox (ed. William R. Cobb - DLM) Battle fo Gettysburg a hopelessly by-the-book military instructorby William R. Cobb John C. Reed fought through the entire war as an officer in the 8th Georgia Infantry, most of it with General Lees 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