More than 400 Confederate and 580 Union soldiers rose to the rank of general in the Civil War. Of them, more than one in ten would die, an astounding 124 in all - seventy-eight for the South and forty-six for the North. Weaving their stories into a seamless narrative of the entire war, Smith paints a fascinating and often moving portrait of the final moments of some of the finest American warriors who have ever lived. Derek Smith, a native of South Carolina, is a former journalist and the author of Civil War Savannah, Glory Yards and the novel The Sentinels.
Author Biography
Derek Smith is a journalist who has also authored The Gallant Dead (978-0-8117-0132-7)
