author
Alfred J. Vaughan
b. 1830
Best known for his firsthand history of the 13th Tennessee Infantry, this former Confederate brigadier general later turned his wartime experience into a detailed regimental record. His writing remains of interest to readers of Civil War memoir and military history.
1 Audiobook
Personal record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry
by Alfred J. Vaughan
About the author
Born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, in 1830, Alfred J. Vaughan Jr. studied at the Virginia Military Institute and worked as a civil engineer before the Civil War. During the war he served in the Confederate army and rose to the rank of brigadier general.
Vaughan is remembered as the author of Personal Record of the Thirteenth Regiment, Tennessee Infantry, published in 1897. Drawing on his own service with the regiment, the book offers a close-up account of campaigns, battles, and the soldiers who served alongside him.
That combination of military leadership and later authorship gives his work a distinctive place in Civil War literature. For listeners interested in personal perspectives from the era, his writing offers both memoir and historical record.