Overview
"Captain Ed Baxter and His Tennessee Artillerymen, CSA" is the first complete unit history ever written on Baxter's Company Tennessee Light Artillery 2nd Organization. This book retraces the footsteps of these Confederate soldiers in the Civil War starting with their recruitment in Middle Tennessee in the fall of 1862. The long marches, drudgery of camp life and their role in some of the bloodiest battles of the war are detailed in the book. The book includes the struggles their families faced at home while they were defending the Southland and details their capture and parole in Macon, Georgia at the end of the war. The book contains the complete service and pension records of all the soldiers who served in the company as well as photograph and personal information.Synopsis
"Captain Ed Baxter and His Tennessee Artillerymen, CSA" is the first complete unit history ever written on Baxter's Company Tennessee Light Artillery 2nd Organization. This book retraces the footsteps of these Confederate soldiers in the Civil War starting with their recruitment in Middle Tennessee in the fall of 1862. The long marches, drudgery of camp life and their role in some of the bloodiest battles of the war are detailed in the book. The book includes the struggles their families faced at home while they were defending the Southland and details their capture and parole in Macon, Georgia at the end of the war. The book contains the complete service and pension records of all the soldiers who served in the company as well as photograph and personal information.