Confederate Sharpshooter Major William E. Simmons: Through the War with the 16th Georgia Infantry and 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters - Byrd, Joseph
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This new biography on Major William E. Simmons (18391931) emphasizes his experiences as an infantry officer in the Army of Northern Virginia. Three years after graduating from Emory College, Simmons joined the first company in his home county and received his commission. He was later promoted to Captain in the elite 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters of Woffords Brigade. In 1864, he became acting commander of the brigades sharpshooter battalion. A wealth of information from Simmons journal and personal papers includes encounters with Generals Nathan Bedford Forrest and George Armstrong…mehr

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This new biography on Major William E. Simmons (18391931) emphasizes his experiences as an infantry officer in the Army of Northern Virginia. Three years after graduating from Emory College, Simmons joined the first company in his home county and received his commission. He was later promoted to Captain in the elite 3rd Battalion Georgia Sharpshooters of Woffords Brigade. In 1864, he became acting commander of the brigades sharpshooter battalion. A wealth of information from Simmons journal and personal papers includes encounters with Generals Nathan Bedford Forrest and George Armstrong Custer. There are also accounts of his miraculous escape from Cramptons Gap at South Mountain, his regiments heroic efforts at the Bloody Lane in the Battle of Sharpsburg, the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg, the Peach Orchard and Wheat Field at Gettysburg, and his sharpshooters key role at Cold Harbor and Woffords flank attack at the Wilderness.
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Joseph P. Byrd IV retired from the United Parcel Service following a career in marketing research and eight years as a college professor. Born in Savannah, he is a seventh-generation Georgian with fifteen direct and collateral ancestors who served in the Confederate Army, including Major William E. Simmons. Over the years, Byrd has presented numerous programs on Southern History and the Civil War. He resides in Cumming, Georgia.