Been in Two Fights!: The War for Southern Independence based on the journal of Private Osgood Knox Jones, C.S.A.($19.95Value)

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In 1864, victory in the War for Southern Independence seemed a dim and distant goal, yet there was a glimmer of hope. Young men and old still joined under the Battle Flag to defend their state, their homes and families. In the west, Nathan Bedford Forrest was leading Sherman a merry chase and in Virginia, Robert E. Lee was still inflicting heavy blows on the Union Army of the Potomac. At sea, Confederate raiders sank ship after ship. In the heart of Dixie, Southern women held the farms and towns together. O.K. Jones, just 19 years old, enlisted to defend his home. He wrote in his journal about his first combat-"Had a little fight." The "little fight" was the Battle of the Wilderness. His other "little fights" were Spotsylvania, Yellow Tavern and General Jubal Early's 1864 campaign in the Shenandoah Valley. O.K. Jones' wartime experience wasn't heroic exploits but the dedicated service of a good soldier. He didn't fight for high political ideals but, like all combat soldiers, fought for his comrades, his family and for his own sense of honor.