From Blue to Gray: The Life of Confederate General Cadmus M. Wilcox

by Gerard A. Patterson

Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox started off his military career as a promising young West Point cadet and proved himself in battle with service as an officer in the Mexican War. But when the South seceded in 1861, Wilcox, along with 305 other West Point graduates, sided with the Confederacy. Aside from the historical perspective his life provides, a closer analysis reveals Wilcox as a man whose life, like those of many of his colleagues, was forever altered by the Civil War. Author Gerard Patterson brings his little-known subject to life in this fascinating biography.

Genres: Civil War

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2001

Reviews

[Sean Chick · Rating 4 out of 5]

More a long essay than a book. Lacks analysis but you do get some useful anecdotes about a man who fought in Virginia from the beginning to the end. The style is casual but not amateur.

[Kevin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good biography of the Confederate General.