The action-packed sequel to Glory Main Life has not been easy for Lieutenant Jander Mortas since making it to the Glory Main headquarters—with a telepathic alien entity in tow. After turning down his powerful father's offer of a desk job as an ambassador, Jander is heading back to the war zone. After joining an emergency reaction force of combat veterans known as the Orphans, Jander must work hard to get his platoon in shape for the next deployment—while learning the ropes himself. Because disaster soon strikes, and the Orphan Brigade is shipped out to Fractus, a harsh planet invaded by the enemy—the Sims. Meanwhile, Jander's sister, Ayliss, is on a mission of her own: to uncover a scandal that would bring an end to her father's dubious reign as Chairman of the Emergency Senate. But Olech Mortas is hiding even more than his children could ever know …
William C. Davis has written a gripping story of the rebel troops whose remarkable spirit and tenacity were heralded throughout the Confederacy.
This special Leonaur edition contains a well-regarded first-hand account and a history of the unit edited from Thompson's more expansive volume.
... Chief Coms'ry, S. M Moreman;23 Lt Presley Trabue,24 Ordnance officer; & Lt Joe Benedict Aid-de- camp. 1 Henry W. Halleck was at this time the Federal commander of the Department of the Mississippi with headquarters at St. Louis.
Conrad Wise Chapman served for a year in the West with the Orphan Brigade of the 3rd Kentucky Regiment. This is his memoir, written from memory in 1867 and aided by his correspondence with his family.
Writing nearly fifty years later, the author of this little book, a member of the Fourth Kentucky Regiment and one of the few surviving "Orphans," interspersed his memories of the various battles in which the Brigade was involved with ...
The Civil War journal of John Jackman is one of the richest and most literate of all Confederate soldier narratives to survive the war. It is also the only surviving...
There are numerous photographs and engravings of many of the officers, as well as biographical information on officers and men in the ranks, making this book an exceptional memorial to the brigade?s individual members.
These are the memoirs of Lt. L. D. Young, who was born in Nicholas County, Kentucky. He joined the 4th Kentucky Infantry to serve the Confederate States during the Civil War, at the age of twenty.
History of the Orphan Brigade, 1861-1865
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