One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry

by John H. Worsham

Book Overview

Published in 1912, these are the recollections of John Worsham of his time in the 21st Virginia Infantry, Company F, under the command of Confederate General "Stonewall" Jackson. Includes a history of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809442167
• ISBN13: 9780809442164
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Time Life Medical
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

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Very detailed and organized account

This is quite a different memoir from others I have read. Worsham, who appears to have been a tremendously organized individual, gives minute tactical detail relevant to his company for almost every engagement he was in -- the Valley Campaign, First Winchester, Kernstown, Williamsport, the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, etc. etc. As far as I can tell, he's generally pretty accurate, with the exception of the end of Third Winchester, during which he was wounded and not on the field. (He was disabled from then till the surrender and was left behind in Richmond when the city fell.) Worsham also follows up the fate of his company and of many of its members, giving a useful picture of what happened to the many people who left their original units during the war. I wish authors of regimental histories, in particular Reidenbaugh, would learn from this! On the other hand, Worsham's account is rather lacking in personal information, to the point where he quite often refers to himself in the third person. He had a very good career, being steadily promoted through first sergeant and to adjutant, but tells us rather little about this. His memoir is short on the sort of amusing or touching anecdotes that fill many other accounts. Because of that, this might not be the most congenial memoir for someone who just wants something fun to read, but its value to the historian is inestimable.