Thomas Fox

Drummer Boy Willie McGee, Civil War Hero and Fraud

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Produktbeschreibung

On December 7, 1864, just one week after the bloody battle of Franklin, Tennessee, William McGee, a drummer boy from Newark, New Jersey, was credited with leading a Federal force to a decisive victory over the Confederates in a clash just thirty miles from the carnage at Franklin. This 15-year-old Irish-American, on convalescent duty and acting as an orderly to General Lovell Rousseau, was recognized for the capture of two guns, several hundred prisoners, and the saving of Fortress Rosecrans in Murfreesboro from the famed Nathan Bedford Forrest. For his actions, young McGee would soon be awarded a Medal of Honor, written up in newspapers and books as a glorious New Jersey legend, be commissioned as a lieutenant in the United States Army at age 18, and then, inexplicably at the height of his notoriety, virtually disappear from history for more than 100 years. This is the story of a lost war hero, a man-child with the world at his feet, whose fall from grace is accelerated by fame, lies, alcohol, bigamy, and murder.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 276
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Januar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 452g
• ISBN-13: 9780786432899
• ISBN-10: 0786432896
• Artikelnr.: 23018028

Autorenporträt

Thomas Fox is a retired librarian living in New Jersey. He often speaks on both Irish emigration and New Jersey history.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Foreword by Joseph G. Bilby     
Preface     
Introduction     
1. The Watch, the Note, the Murder     
2. The Regiment, the Drummer, the Medal     
3. Baton Rouge, 1868     
4. The Legend of Willie McGee     
5. The Trial     
6. The Battle of the Cedars     
7. The Court-Martial     
8. McGee, Magee, and the President     
9. Prison     
10. The Push for Freedom     
11. New Life at Twenty-One     
12. Willie McGee, Family Man     
13. Exposed     
14. "A Moral Wreck"     
15. The Lost Years     
Epilogue     
Appendix 1. The Bonfoey Case     
Appendix 2. McGee Timeline     
Appendix 3. The McGee File     
Appendix 4. 33rd New Jersey Infantry     
Regiment Musicians     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index