MISSING IN ACTION, 1863: Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Lacy and Tennessee's Confederate Cavalry

by Mark E. Lacy

Lieutenant Andrew Jackson Lacy served in Tennessee's Confederate cavalry under Nathan Bedford Forrest and disappeared during the Civil War. His great-great-grandson took it upon himself to tackle this 150-year-old missing persons case. Drawing on a large number of family letters from the Civil War, Mark Lacy has reconstructed the story of his ancestor's service to the Confederacy as well as the chaotic circumstances under which the young lieutenant vanished behind enemy lines, only twenty-five miles from home. The result is a detailed account that brings the war down to a personal level and highlights the hardships brought on by guerrillas attacking families and their farms.

371 pages, Paperback

Published March 22, 2019

About the author

Mark Lacy is an author, a researcher, a retired scientist, and an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. His published work includes everything from heroic fantasy and Civil War histories to outdoor adventures and scientific papers. His first science fiction story, written at age eight, is thankfully (mercifully!) not in print. Mark admits to being an unrepentant bibliovore, compulsively tracking every book he has read for the past fifty years. He also admits to having seen every Bugs Bunny cartoon ever made. A love of nature and the outdoors is a key ingredient in virtually everything he has written.