Red Clay To Richmond.

Red Clay To Richmond

John J. Fox, III

Angle Valley Press

PO Box 4098, Winchester, VA 22604

097119503X $21.95 www.anglevalleypress.com

Red Clay To Richmond: Trail Of The 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, C.S.A. by John J. Fox won the 2005 James I. Robertson, Jr. Literary Prize for Confederate History--and justifiably so! This is the definite history of a confederate military unit that fought throughout the Civil War including action at Seven Pines, with Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain, at the Second Battle of Manassa, at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and finally, at Fort Gregg at the final gasp of military action. Superbly illustrated with period photography, Red Clay To Richmond is enhanced with eight appendices: "From Hell To Home"; 35th Georgia Casualty Figures"; 35th Georgia Appomattox Parolees"; "Court Martial of Lieutenant Solomon G. Johnson"; "The Real Hec Ramsey"; "A Remnant of the Battle flag of the 35th Georgia"; 35th Georgia Veteran's Reunion"; and "35 Georgia Relics from Camp French". Civil War buffs will especially appreciate the inclusion of "Soldier's Roster A-Z"; a bibliography, a lists of published primary sources and secondary sources, articles, essays, newspapers, an author biography, and a comprehensive Index. A history that could well serve as a template for similar accounts of other military units whether Union or Confederate, this is a work of considerable and seminal scholarship, making Red Clay To Richmond is a core addition to any personal, academic, or community library Civil War Studies collection and/or reading list--especially for its confederate orientation.