Chinquapin Publishers releases Record of a Soldier in the Late War: The Confederate Memoir of John Wesley Bone, ed. Julianne Bone Mehegan and David Mehegan
Chinquapin Publishers has released Record of a Soldier in the Late War: The Confederate memoir of John Wesley Bone, edited by Julianne Bone Mehegan and David Mehegan. The editors will discuss their research process and read from the book.
March 24, 1 p.m. at Suffolk University, Mildred F. Sawyer Library
73 Tremont St. 2nd floor, Poetry Center
John Wesley Bone was eighteen when he enlisted as a private with the North Carolina 30th Regiment. He was a common Confederate soldier who experienced almost every aspect of the War Between the States.
– He fought in battles at Malvern Hill, Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, the Wilderness, and Cedar Creek.
– At the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Bone was struck by a bullet that pierced his chest and lodged in his backpack. After three days lying between the lines of fire, he was rescued and taken to Gordonsville Hospital, then furloughed home. He recovered and five months later rejoined his regiment.
– Bone was at Appomattox Court House when Robert E. Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia in April 1865.
This memoir is his story, written forty years after the surrender. The editors annotated the memoir and added material about John Wesley Bone’s life before and after the war. Illustrations and battlefield maps clarify the content.
Record of a Soldier in the Late War: The Confederate Memoir of John Wesley Bone will be available for purchase.
www.confederatememoir.com
About the Editors
Julianne Bone Mehegan is the great-granddaughter of John Wesley Bone. She graduated from Suffolk University with a degree in English. After a career in education and marketing, she now focuses on her interests in historic preservation and the arts. David Mehegan is the former book editor and publishing reporter of the Boston Globe. He has an English degree from Suffolk University and a PhD in textual editing from Boston University. The Mehegans live in Hingham, Massachusetts.