Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 [Hardcover]

Randolph W., Jr. Kirkland (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 428 pages
• Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Pr (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1570031827
• ISBN-13: 978-1570031823
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,921,386 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great compilation of South Carolina Civil War Dead, March 3, 1999

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This review is from: Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Hardcover)

Mr. Kirkland has done an excellent job of taking the often inconsistent data available on the Civil War dead from a Confederate state and put it into a format that provides a good foundation for anyone researching Confederate soldiers/sailors/citizens of South Carolina. Paging through this book is akin to the feeling one has when visiting the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington. The supreme sacrifice is evident with each name and place of death. If you are researching a South Carolina Civil War unit, or soldier who was killed during the War, this book is an important addition to your library.

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource for SC Research in the Civil War, January 9, 1999

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John Rigdon "JohnRigdon" (N. Augusta, SC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Hardcover)

The previous note is obviously misplaced. Broken Fortunes is not a narrative book, but a list of 18,666 men who died while in service to South Carolina. This book is an excellent resource for researchers. John Rigdon

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Top-Notch Reference Book for Historians and Genealogists, December 5, 2003

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Jean Cooper "eleanordew" (Charlottesville) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Broken Fortunes: South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Citizens Who Died in the Service of Their Country and State in the War for Southern Independence, 1861-1865 (Hardcover)

This is the only reference book on this topic that I have seen with such a complete compilation of data, from so many contemporary sources.

As a librarian, I rarely ever purchase a copy of reference books for myself, since I have a library right there for me to use! But this book is so good and so useful to my research into genealogy and local history that I have been looking for a copy of it to buy as a personal copy. {Hint, Hint!}