Boy Colonel of the Confederacy
The Life and Times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.| By: | Archie K. Davis |
| Publisher: | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Print ISBN: | 9780807847091 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780807866610 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Copyright: | 1985 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. (1841–63), one of the youngest colonels in the Confederate Army, died at the age of twenty-one while leading the twenty-sixth North Carolina regiment into action at the battle of Gettysburg. In this sensitive biography, originally published by UNC Press in 1985, Archie Davis provides a revealing portrait of the young man’s character and a striking example of a soldier who selflessly fulfilled his duty. Drawing on Burgwyn’s own letters and diary, Davis also offers a fascinating glimpse into North Carolina society during the antebellum period and the Civil War.