{"product_id":"9781518308116","title":"Battles \u0026 Leaders of the Civil War: Kershaw's Brigade at Gettysburg","description":"\u003cb\u003eJoseph Brevard Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e (January 5, 1822 – April 13, 1894) was a lawyer, judge, and a Confederate general in the Civil War who commanded the 2nd South Carolina Infantry regiment at the beginning of the war, taking part in the First Battle of Bull Run. From there, Kershaw began to rise in command, eventually being commissioned a brigadier general on February 13, 1862 and commanding a brigade in Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia during the Peninsula Campaign. Kershaw continued to command a brigade at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg before going with the rest of General James Longstreet’s corps out west, fighting at Chickamauga and Knoxville. \u003cbr\u003eKershaw eventually commanded a division at the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor, and was engaged in the Shenandoah campaign of 1864 against Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan. After the evacuation of Richmond, his troops formed part of Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell’s corps, which was captured at the Battle of Sayler’s Creek, April 6, 1865.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter the war, \u003cb\u003eKershaw wrote an account of his brigade’s role during the Gettysburg Campaign, most notably on Day 2 of the battle. Kershaw’s account \u003c\/b\u003ebecame part of the well known \u003ci\u003eBattles \u0026amp; Leaders of the Civil War \u003c\/i\u003eseries. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Firework Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169983316208,"sku":"9781518308116","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781518308116_p0.jpg?v=1763727537","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781518308116","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}