Boy colonel of the Confederacy : the life and times of Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.

Henry King Burgwyn, Jr. (1841-63), one of the youngest colonels in the Confederate Army, died at the age of twenty-one while leading the twenty-sixth North Carolina regiment into action at the battle of Gettysburg. In this sensitive biography, originally published by UNC Press in 1985, Archie Davis provides a revealing portrait of the young man's character and a striking example of a soldier who selflessly fulfilled his duty. Drawing on Burgwyn's own letters and diary, Davis also offers a fascinating glimpse into North Carolina society during the antebellum period and the Civil War.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments p. xiii
• 1 The Irony and the Tragedy p. 3
• 2 The Lady from Boston p. 9
• 3 On the Roanoke p. 19
• 4 Harry Burgwyn--His Formative Years p. 30
• 5 A Cadet at Virginia Military Institute p. 40
• 6 You Can Get No Troops from North Carolina p. 58
• 7 In Dead Earnest p. 71
• 8 The Descent upon New Bern p. 91
• 9 My Command Was the Last to Retreat p. 108
• 10 After New Bern p. 127
• 11 We Literally Hear Nothing or Know Nothing p. 139
• 12 In Defense of Richmond p. 153
• 13 The Boy Becomes a Colonel p. 176
• 14 I am Proud of My Command p. 190
• 15 Skill under Fire p. 203
• 16 Goldsboro under Attack p. 213
• 17 A Winter of Tedious Monotony p. 223
• 18 My Compliments to Miss Annie Devereux p. 236
• 19 Back to Virginia p. 249
• 20 And Now I Must Bid You Good Bye p. 265
• 21 Roads to Gettysburg p. 277
• 22 Gettysburg--Morning of the First p. 292
• 23 Afternoon in McPherson's Grove p. 308
• 24 So Noble & So Glorious p. 329
• Afterword p. 340
• Appendix p. 349
• Notes p. 355
• Index p. 395