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Southerners at Rest: Confederate Dead at Hollywood Cemetery

by Chris Ferguson                  copyright  2008  BRAND NEW

Finally after 138-years, a historian has taken the time to update the list of Confederate dead buried in one of the most beautiful and sacred places – Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery. The Southern soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice for their young country and were buried at Hollywood, usually with little pomp or ceremony, have been waiting for proper recognition for a long time. Now, thanks to Hollywood Cemetery expert and historian Chris Ferguson the cry of these brave soldiers from across the ages has finally been answered. This is the first comprehensive and accurate roster of Confederate dead buried in the South’s most famous cemetery.

Foreword by Robert  E. L. Krick,  Richmond National Park Service historian

8.5 x 11 Hardback, 336 pages, 103 photos [many never published before]

Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, CSA [hardcover]

 by John J. Fox, III           copyright  2004

Red Clay to Richmond recently won the 2006 Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board Book Award given by the Georgia Secretary of State. The book also won the 2005 James Robertson Literary Prize for Confederate History. The author uses numerous previously unpublished diaries and letters to reveal the daily struggles of a regiment of Georgia infantryman. The book is unique because it not only visits the horrors of the battlefield, but it also focuses on the daily life and voice of the average Southern soldier. It reveals the true American spirit in the midst of deprivation and hardship, not only along the battle lines but also for the family members left behind. These troops fought at many bloody places under the command of famous men like Stonewall Jackson, A.P. Hill and Robert E. Lee. Numerous maps/illustrations, complete soldiers’ roster, endnotes, bibliography, index, 496 pages.

6x9 hardback, 496 pages, 22 maps, 74 photos.

Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, CSA [softcover]

by John J. Fox, III             copyright  2004,  2nd printing  2006

2nd printing in softcover.

Hollywood Cemetery, Her Forgotten Soldiers: Confederate Field Officers at Rest.

This 148-page book written by Hollywood Cemetery expert Chris Ferguson explores one of Richmond, Virginia’s most sacred places. Thousands of Confederate soldiers are buried in Hollywood and this book explores the background and the gravesites of the many majors to colonels buried there. Many rare officer photos. Footnotes, illustrations, bibliography.

By Chris Ferguson (2001 - Softcover)