Author: C. Wallace Cross Paperback, 242 pages ISBN-13: 9781577363170 Cry Havoc: A History of the 49th Tennessee Volunteer Infantry Regiment 1861-1865 is an excellently written military history book. Cry Havoc was written by Dr. C. Wallace Cross, a professor at Austin Peay State University. The book chronicles Confederate regiments that were from Middle Tennessee. The first half of the book is a narrative of the men’s lives that were served in the war. The reader gets to read what these men were doing in detail. The last half is a list of the troops with a short biography and a list of battles. This book is excellently written and gives an amazing context to the men that were in Middle Tennessee for the Civil War. This is a must read for a people that are interested in discovering pieces of their history. You won’t regret picking up this book to add to your personal library.
