Let Us Die Like Brave Men: Behind The Dying Words Of Confederate Warriors [Hardcover]

Daniel W. Barefoot (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 30, 2005

This book offers over 50 dramatic, bittersweet accounts of the last moments and words of Southern soldiers (some famous, others virtually unknown) from the rank of general to private. Photographs of the soldiers, their graves, or the places where they fell illustrate the text. Each story was chosen to highlight a different aspect of the war, and every state of the Confederacy is represented by soldiers whose poignant stories are told here.

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About the Author

Daniel W. Barefoot is the author of 9 previous books, including General Robert F. Hoke: Lee's Modest Warrior. He is a former N.C. state representative who lives in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 281 pages
• Publisher: John F Blair Pub (May 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895873117
• ISBN-13: 978-0895873118
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,074,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dancing With Life And Death, October 3, 2005

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G. Amoth "Bookstore owner" (Annapolis, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let Us Die Like Brave Men: Behind The Dying Words Of Confederate Warriors (Hardcover)

I found Barefoot's book to be a powerful read; truly well researched and strong in delivery of death messages that run the gamut from almost humorous to heart-wrenching. The meticulous research does not encumber the reader and the stories flow easily one to another. The overall end result of the Confederate cause is apparent throughout the book, though the moments of elation, often just before the death of the named participants in this book, create a happy/sad reading experience that cannot leave your soul untouched.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Tragedy of Courage, March 19, 2010

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Ron Braithwaite "Hummingbird God" (El Indio, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Let Us Die Like Brave Men: Behind The Dying Words Of Confederate Warriors (Hardcover)

A well-put-together account of the lives and deaths of Confederate warriors. It includes a synopsis of each man's life, military service and ultimate death in the line of duty. Some of these men recognizing that their time is near, utter powerful words of courage. Others, perhaps not recognizing that they'll fail to see another sunrise, utter more commonplace statements or, in some cases, there is no record of their final words, because they are only discovered dead, following a battle.

This is a record of a time, attitudes and military tactics now largely gone. Men die riding on white horses leading troops into an impenetrable storm of lead and iron. Others die clutching at flag staffs, previously held by other wounded and dying men. There can be little question that many of these warriors--similar to the defenders at Alamo--recognized that they couldn't possibly survive, but did their duty, anyway. This isn't to say that our presentday soldiers are any less courageous than they were during our Civil War but charges in the open against heavy enemy fire went out of fashion with the enormous casualties of WW I.

Some of these stories are seldom-read tales, such as a black man who refused to 'desert' despite his wounded master/friend's directive to do so. He died wearing Confederate gray...perhaps contary to Confederate policy. There are several tragic stories of men who refused to divulge information to their Federal captors and wound up at the end of a Yankee rope.

I have no doubt that most of these stories could be told by Federal officers and men, as well. There was courage on both sides of the line.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting info., December 27, 2011

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This review is from: Let Us Die Like Brave Men: Behind The Dying Words Of Confederate Warriors (Hardcover)

These were fine men and their last words told that.
They died as they had lived, true to their cause.
Book was in very good shape, very interesting stories.