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JOE BROWN'S ARMY (Civil War Georgia)

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This book covers, as none other has ever attempted, the little known Georgia army The Georgia State Line during the Civil War. Bragg very successfully leads the reader through the tangled web of state units and clearly shows what the State Line was and what it did during the war. He also provides rosters which are invaluable for this little known organization. Bill Bragg is the acknowledged expert on the Georgia military units as this well documented study demonstrates.

Hugh T. Harrington
author of: "Civil War Milledgeville, Tales From the Confederate Capital of Georgia," "Remembering Milledgeville, Historic Tales From Georgia's Antebellum Capital" and "More Milledgeville Memories."

Mr. Bragg's book is a well-researched, well-written, and immensely valuable regimental history of this little-known but quite important Georgia unit. The GSL was a crack outfit by any standard, despite being no more than a state militia, and it's contributions in the Atlanta and Georgia Campaigns have been sadly overlooked until now. I was pleasantly surprised to find that this book is an entertaining read as well, not common in these narrow subject histories.

This small book is a delight. Small & easy to read yet very enjoyable. In fact we bought two copies and placed one in the county Historical Books section.

Highly recommended.