The Hogs of Cold Harbor: The Civil War Saga of Pvt. Johnny Hess, CSA

by Richard Lee Fulgham

Intimate, detailed, gory, existential horror show of one man caught up in the madness of war, in this case as a Private Soldier in the ill-fated Confederacy uprising of 1960-1965. Based on the actual war diary of Virginian John Henry Hess, Pvt. Co G, Corse's Brigade, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps. The odd thing about this book is that Hess is less afraid of the enemy than he is of the smart, devious, packs of wild hogs allowing following them, watching, stalking -- waiting patiently for the nights after battles when they can strut across the battlefield eating face-first the dead and wounded left when they fell. It's a horrifying book, endorsed by no less than the late Norman Mailer.

350 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 24, 2010

About the author

b. Germany
Raised: GA
Current Home: Bel Air, MD

Retired newspaper writer for "The Lebanon News, Inc.", SW Virginia; also wrote for "The Columbus Times, Inc", Columbus, GA.; and the
"Ledger/Enquirer, Inc.", Columbus, GA.

Journalism Awards:
VSCB 2000 "Hall of Fame" for Educational Writing;
VIRGINIA PRESS AWARD, 1993;
VIRGINIA PRESS AWARD, 1995;
Ninth District Soil % Water
Conservation Corps: Brass Plaque
for environmental writing;
RCEC: Brass Plaque for environmental
writing.
"Real" Books:
"Appalachian Genesis: The Clinch River Valley from Prehistoric Times to the End of the Frontier Era", history, (TN: Overmountain, 2001).

"The Hogs of Cold Harbor: The Civil War Saga of John Henry Hess, Pvt., Co. G, 29th VA Infantry, Pickett's Division, Longstreet's Corps", (Pittsburgh: Whitmore, 2005".

Magazine publication: Sports Afield, Norman Mailer Review, Defenders of Wildlife, Fate, Writers Digest, Reincarnation Digest, Maryland Conservationist, Virginia Sheriff, Georgia Teacher, Annapolis, Spectrum, Ledger/Enquirer's SUNDAY Magazine.