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Author:
Fox, Thomas, 1947-
Title:
Drummer boy Willie McGee, Civil War hero and fraud / Thomas Fox ; foreword by Joseph G. Bilby.
Publisher:
McFarland & Co.,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
viii, 267 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
McGee, William Henry.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Drummers (Musicians)--Newark--Newark--Biography.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
New Jersey--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
Medal of Honor--Biography.
United States.--Company K--Infantry Regiment, 20th.--Company K--Biography.
Impostors and imposture--United States--Biography.
Thieves--United States--Biography.
Murderers--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-261) and index.
Summary:
"William McGee, credited with leading a Federal force to victory in a clash just thirty miles from Franklin, Tennessee, was awarded a Medal of Honor, written up as glorious legend, commissioned lieutenant at 18, and disappeared from history. The story of a lost hero whose fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0786432896 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786432899 (softcover : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)183392092
LCCN:
2007048290
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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