History of the Laurel Brigade Originally the Ashby Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia and Chew's Battery

William N. McDonald served as an ordnance officer in the Laurel Brigade. After the Civil War, he remained active in veterans' affairs and, late in the century, began this history. After McDonald's death in 1898, Bushrod C. Washington took up the task of editing and completing the work. Eric J. Mink, a Civil War historian with the National Park Service, has written the Introduction for the new edition of this memoir and has prepared the volume's first index.McDonald, William N. is the author of 'History of the Laurel Brigade Originally the Ashby Cavalry of the Army of Northern Virginia and Chew's Battery' with ISBN 9780801869525 and ISBN 0801869528.