W. Va. Soldiers Cited in New Book Highlighted by Trade Group
W. Va. Soldiers Cited in New Book Highlighted by Trade Group
Independent Publisher, a twenty-seven-year-old trade organization, just selected Angle Valley Press’ newly released Civil War book The Confederate Alamo as one of their August 2010 Online Magazine’s Highlighted Titles. The group has an extensive website that promotes the work of independent publishers and writers.
The Confederate Alamo was selected out of hundreds of submissions due to its attractive dust jacket, interior design and unique story. This narrative history researched and written by John J. Fox reveals the drama of the little known Battle of Fort Gregg, which closed out the Petersburg campaign in April 1865. Soldiers from four West Virginia Union regiments helped storm the fort. Three soldiers from the 12thWest Virginia in Colonel William B. Curtis’ brigade received the Medal of Honor for their heroism in saving their unit flag during the bloody melee. [Read more…]
Upcoming 145th Anniversary of Forgotten Petersburg Battle Remembered
For Immediate Release week of March 29, 2010
Contact: Nancy Jones
540-539-1260
Email: info@anglevalleypress.com
Upcoming 145th Anniversary of Forgotten Petersburg Battle Remembered
Most Americans have never heard of the Battle of Fort Gregg and yet they should because Confederate and Union soldiers exhibited abundant heroism there. By April 2, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant’s men had tightened their noose around the vital town of Petersburg, Virginia. On that day 145 years ago, Federal soldiers pierced the thin lines of General Robert E. Lee’s beleaguered Army of Northern Virginia. Trapped on three sides with a river at their back, Lee’s men had never faced such dire circumstances. To allow time to craft an escape, Lee called on a small motley group of Southerners to make a suicidal last stand at Fort Gregg. [Read more…]
Forgotten South Georgia Confederates Remembered
For Immediate Release December 1, 2008
Contact: John Fox 540-539-1260
Email: info@anglevalleypress.com
“This book tells the story of the regiment and its men in rich detail,
based on extensive original sources, many of them never before in print.”
Robert K. Krick, author of Stonewall Jackson at Cedar Mountain and Lee’s Colonels.
Jim Parrish began to research his family background some ten years ago. His curiosity grew when he discovered that he had two great-great-grandfathers who had served in the 50th Georgia Infantry Regiment. Then he realized that no comprehensive history of the 50thGeorgia’s war experience existed. Determined to find answers, he embarked on a long journey that took him to places like Gettysburg, Savannah, Sharpsburg and Winchester. [Read more…]
Cemetery Detective Work Helps Families Find Lost Confederates
Official Release for Southerners at Rest
For Immediate Release
Contact: John Fox 540-539-1260
Email:info@AngleValleyPress.com
“Countless families will discover the names of long-lost relatives
in the pages of this book.” Robert E.L. Krick, Richmond NPS historian
Cemetery Detective Work Helps Families Find Lost Confederates
During the Civil War, thousands of Southerners never learned the fate of family members who served in the Confederate army. As the war dragged on, wagonloads of corpses continued to arrive at the gates of Richmond, Virginia’s Hollywood Cemetery.
Virginia Author Receives 2006 Award from Georgia Secretary of State’s Office
The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Board, sponsored by Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox, has announced that one of the recipients of their 2006 “Award for Excellence in Research Using the Holdings of an Archives” is John J. Fox. He received this honor along with two other awardees in an October 16 ceremony held in the Georgia Department of Archives & History building at Morrow, Georgia near Atlanta. Fox received this recognition for his non-fiction book, Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, which follows a group of Georgia soldiers through four long years of war in Virginia. [Read more…]
Virginia Author to Receive 2005 Robertson Prize for Confederate History
The Robert E. Lee Civil War Roundtable’s Civil War Library and Research Center has announced that the recipient of their 5th Annual James I. Robertson Jr. Literary Prize for Confederate History is John J. Fox, III. Fox will receive this honor for his non-fiction book, Red Clay to Richmond: Trail of the 35th Georgia Infantry Regiment, which follows a group of Georgia soldiers through four long years of war in Virginia. [Read more…]
