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  • February 2023 MBR The Civil War Shelf

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    The Civil War Shelf

    The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer
    John C. Reed, author
    William R. Cobb, editor
    Savas Beatie
    PO Box 4527, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
    www.savasbeatie.com
    9781611215144, $19.95, PB, 192pp

    https://www.amazon.com/Military-Memoirs-Confederate-Line-Officer/dp/1611215= 145

    Synopsis: John C. Reed fought through the entire Civil War as an officer in=
    the 8th Georgia Infantry, most of it with General Lee's Army of Northern V= irginia. 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 Appoma= ttox surrender on April 9, 1865.

    John Reed's "The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer" is a perce= ptive and articulate account filled with riveting recollections of some of = the war's most intense fighting. Reed offers strong opinions on a wide vari= ety of officers and topics. This outstanding memoir (judiciously edited and=
    annotated by William R. Cobb) is published here in full for the first time=
    ..

    Critique: "The Military Memoirs of a Confederate Line Officer: Captain John=
    C. Reed's Civil War from Manassas to Appomattox" is a valuable and informa= tive resource certain to become a prized addition to personal, community, a=
    nd academic library American Civil War History & Biography collections and = supplemental curriculum studies lists.

    Editorial Note: William R. "Ron" Cobb is a retired engineer and management = consultant He is also a descendant of a Confederate private who fought in t=
    he 59th Georgia, a sister regiment to the 8th Georgia. This is his first Ci= vil War-related book.

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