Cry Havoc: A History of the 49th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865 [Paperback]

C. Wallace Cross (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2004

At its peak, the Forty-ninth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment numbered 500 men. Many were under the age of 25. The regiment's ten companies were mustered from Tennessee's Benton, Cheatham, Dickson, Montgomery, and Robertson Counties, with Montgomery County men making up more than half the ranks. During the war, over 75% of the regiment were incarcerated as prisoners of war at least once. More than 50% were imprisoned twice. Diseases such as measles, smallpox, dysentery, gangrene, and sepsis claimed more lives than combat. Battlefield wounds were often devastating, and medicine was primitive at best. Regardless of age or rank, none returned home unscathed...This is their story.

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...not a romantic exercise for the "Lost Cause," but a realistic account ... interesting, even moving. -- Richard P. Gildrie, Austin Peay State University, February, 2004

C. W. Cross in this volume has made an important contribution to grasping the ordeal of Civil War. -- Dr. Thomas H. Winn, Professor Emeritus, Department of History and Philosophy, Austin Peay State University, February, 2004

About the Author

C. Wallace Cross is a professor of history at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. Although his area of academic expertise focuses on English and British Empire history, Dr. Cross has a personal interest in the American Civil War. Several of his ancestors fought for the Confederacy, and this led to his interest in the conflict. Cry Havoc is the second in a trilogy of histories about Confederate regiments recruited from Middle Tennessee. His first book, Ordeal By Fire: A History of the Fourteenth Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, CSA was published by the Customs House Museum & Cultural Center in 1990. C. Wallace Cross resides in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Hillsboro Press (January 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1577363175
• ISBN-13: 978-1577363170
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,102,447 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Cry Havoc, October 30, 2008

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This review is from: Cry Havoc: A History of the 49th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1861-1865 (Paperback)

My great grandfather was Col. Atkins and is buried in Clarksville Tn. along with many of the men he served with, although a very short book the roster of men and limited story was well worth the price of admissiom.