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The Last Confederate General

In the mid-nineteenth century John Crawford Vaughn was one of the most famous men in Tennessee. He was the first man to raise a regiment in the state and one of the very last Confederate generals to surrender. History has not been kind to Vaughn, who finally emerges from the shadows in this absorbing assessment of his life and military career.

Follow Vaughn and his East Tennessee Cavalry to Manassas, Vicksburg, and other crucial battles as Larry Gordon makes use of new research and information to reveal the complete picture of Vaughn, including:

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The Last Confederate General

In the mid-nineteenth century John Crawford Vaughn was one of the most famous men in Tennessee. He was the first man to raise a regiment in the state and one of the very last Confederate generals to surrender. History has not been kind to Vaughn, who finally emerges from the shadows in this absorbing assessment of his life and military career.

Follow Vaughn and his East Tennessee Cavalry to Manassas, Vicksburg, and other crucial battles as Larry Gordon makes use of new research and information to reveal the complete picture of Vaughn, including:

Author Larry Gordon tells the story from Vaughn’s perspective, discussing both his strengths and his weaknesses, while offering insights to his motivations as well as long-hidden mitigating information. "The man was an unabashed secessionist," Gordon writes, "a rebel with a cause. . . . Vaughn lived at a time when important issues were almost literally black or white for many Americans. But many of his failures, accomplishments, and ‘might have beens’ fall into a gray area and need to be understood in context."

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Vaughn’s hitherto unknown location on the field of crucial battles;

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His ability to overcome multiple battlefield wounds;

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His wife and family’s incarceration as Union hostages;

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The effects of his anxiety over his family’s incarceration on his performance as a military commander;

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His close friendship with Jefferson Davis—close enough for him to become Davis’s escort during the final month of the war; and

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His importance as one of the fewConfederate generals to return to Tennessee after Reconstruction, where he soon became president of the state senate. presents the first biography of Confederate cavalry commander John Crawford Vaughn, from his birth in East Tennessee, through the Mexican War, the gold rush, and the War Between the States, to his return to Tennessee and his untimely death in Georgia.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780760335178
  • Publisher: MBI Publishing Company
  • Publication date: 3/15/2009
  • Pages: 272
  • Sales rank: 1,135,729
  • Product dimensions: 5.80 (w) x 8.60 (h) x 1.30 (d)

Meet the Author

Charles Larry Gordon

A career soldier and Vietnam veteran, Larry Gordon retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel and is now a military analyst at a not-for-profit institute associated with the Department of Defense. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University, the University of Kansas, and the Army War College. Larry and his wife, Julia, live in the Washington, D.C., area, where he has long been a park volunteer at Manassas National Battlefield.

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  • Posted March 21, 2009

    The Last Confederate General: John C. Vaughn and his East Tennessee Cavalry

    I have just finished reading "The Last Confederate General" by Larry Gordon. Before writing this review, I looked for reviews that others had written about Gordon's work. I found one review here and one at Amazon.com. Both reviews were very insightful, but the most in-depth review that I found was by Charles B. Sabin at Amazon. I will not go into the intricate depths of the book, as did Sabin, for I do not possess his eloquence, or his apparent knowledge of military history. I suggest that you read his review for a thoroughly factual appraisal of Gordon's work from a military historian's point of view.

    Larry Gordon's opus is as thrilling to me, a military historian "want-to-be", as the many Shaara' works that I have read. But Gordon's tome is totally factual, not laced with smatterings of what I perceive to be author's prerogative, as are much of the Shaara books. While most of my interest in military history involved World War II and also the battles for Texas Independence, I have also read a great deal about the War Between the States. However, my interest in the War Between the States had previously only followed the major battles, and the notable Generals that fought them. Having early in my military career visited Gettysburg and Antietam (later in life to Appomattox and Manassas); my interests were based around the battles fought in these geographic areas. Until Gordon's book, I gave little thought to East Tennessee, and do not recall previously reading about John Crawford Vaughn.

    One of the things that the book's jacket describes about Larry Gordon is that "he has long been a park volunteer at Manassas National Battlefield." I have been on a tour of Manassas Battlefield with Gordon as my guide. His narration of the battles at Manassas (First and Second) gives you the feeling that you are there at the time of the conflicts. You can readily visualize CSA Brigadier General Bernard Bee rallying his troops by pointing toward General Thomas J. Jackson, and saying, "There stands Jackson like a stonewall!" My interaction with Gordon, and his in-depth knowledge of the Manassas battles piqued my interest to purchase and read "The Last Confederate General: John C. Vaughn and His East Tennessee Cavalry". I was not disappointed.

    Kudos to Larry Gordon for writing a very well researched and finely presented piece of military history. I especially appreciated the interweaving of Vaughn's personal life with his military prowess . or lack thereof.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 18, 2009

    A Fine Book, A Fascinating Life

    It's probably getting harder and harder to plow genuinely new ground in writing Civil War history, but the author has managed to do just that with this fine biography of a long overlooked Confederate leader. Gen. John C. Vaughn seems, in one sense, to have had a certain "Forrest Gump" quality - he showed up in an amazing number of places during the Civil War. But Vaughn did not merely show up - he was one tough, resourceful character, who dictated or, at least, strongly influenced events on many occasions. So this book gives you a sweeping view of the course of the War (and its aftermath), as well as a close look at the life of one colorful leader. I particularly enjoyed Mr. Gordon's account of Vaughn's tribulations in dealing with other military leaders on his own side! The author's own military background seems to have equipped him to capture the politics of war in the era of John Vaughn, and he does so masterfully, but without slowing down the exciting story of Vaughn's life.

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  • Posted April 30, 2009

    Historically impressive

    Well written. Well Researched. The Author obviously loves his topic.

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  • Posted November 5, 2009

    Well researched and enlightening! Excellent contribution to further understanding of the War Between the States and one of it's key participants. A must for Civil War buffs!

    Besides a thorough description of the title subject, Mr Gordon's book describes many of the here-to-fore under reported aspects of one of the most complex and cathartic events in our country's history. Included are disparate but related topics such as the political situation in East Tennessee before, during and after the war; the intricacies of the Battle of Piedmont; the difficulties in commanding cavalry at the time; the hatred and seemingly unconscionable brutality attributable to both sides; the attitude and rationale of his subordinates after Appomatox when Jeff Davis wanted to continue the fight; and of course and especially, the title subject.
    That subject, previously little known Brig Gen John C. Vaughn, CSA, is a complex yet admirable figure. His is the story of a high ranking Confederate patriot who so well represented his cause, and persevered in doing his duty as he saw it in the face of often daunting opposition -- from both sides.
    The book is well researched, documented, and artfully written. Once into it I had difficulty in putting it down. It's also somewhat rare. It's a non-fiction page turner which offers a detailed contribution to the documented general knowledge of our country's history ... and it brings to light the interesting and detailed story of a formerly little known but important participant.
    "The Last Confederate General: John C. Vaughn and His East Tennessee Cavalry" is an admirable work. I highly recommend it.

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