Ten Months in the "Orphan Brigade": Conrade Wise Chapman's Civil War Memoir
- ISBN-10
- 0873386388
- ISBN-13
- 9780873386388
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 100
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Author
- Conrad Wise Chapman
Description
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. It bristles with a hatred for Yankees and recalls his soldiering days with nostalgia.
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