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D. A. (David Augustus) Dickert

1844–1917

A South Carolina Civil War veteran, he is best remembered for a detailed regimental history that preserves the marches, battles, and personal stories of Kershaw’s Brigade. His writing gives readers a direct, firsthand sense of how veterans of that unit wanted their experience remembered.

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History of Kershaw's Brigade

History of Kershaw's Brigade

by D. A. (David Augustus) Dickert

About the author

Born in 1844 and died in 1917, D. A. Dickert is listed in library and public-domain records as David Augustus Dickert. He is known for History of Kershaw's Brigade, with Complete Roll of Companies, Biographical Sketches, Incidents, Anecdotes, etc., first published in Newberry, South Carolina, in 1899.

That book is a substantial history of the Confederate unit known as Kershaw’s Brigade and includes battle accounts, sketches, anecdotes, and company rolls. Because Dickert wrote as a former participant looking back on the American Civil War, the work has remained of interest to readers studying veterans’ memories, South Carolina military history, and Civil War regimental narratives.

Reliable biographical details about his life beyond the basic dates and authorship are limited in the sources I could confirm here, so this overview stays close to the record. What can be said with confidence is that his book has had a long afterlife in archives and reprints, and it continues to be the work most closely associated with his name.