| Forgotten Valor: The Memoirs, Journals, & Civil War Letters of Orlando B. Willcox Contributor(s): Scott, Robert Garth (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0873386280 ISBN-13: 9780873386289 Publisher: Kent State University Press OUR PRICE: $35.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 1999 Annotation: The papers of Major General Orlando Bolivar Willcox, one of the most prominent division commanders in the Union army, were recently discovered locked in a trunk in a Washington, D.C., attic. Editor Robert Garth Scott has sifted through what is arguably the largest collection of Civil War -- related material to surface in fifty years. From Willcox's childhood in Detroit through his cadetship at West Point; his service in the Mexican, Seminole, and Civil Wars; and his post -- Civil War experiences in the West, his story is published here for the first time. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Military - Biography & Autobiography | Historical |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 99021762 |
| Lexile Measure: 1230 |
| Physical Information: 1.91" H x 6.43" W x 9.63" (2.74 lbs) 732 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The papers of Major General Orlando Bolivar Willcox, one of the most prominent division commanders in the Union army, were recently discovered locked in a trunk in a Washington, D.C., attic, virtually untouched since his death nearly a century ago. Editor Robert Garth Scott has sifted through what is arguably the largest collection of Civil War-related material to surface in fifty years. From his childhood in Detroit through his cadetship at West Point, his service in the Mexican, Seminole, and Civil Wars, and his post-Civil War experiences in the West, Willcox's story is published here for the first time. |