CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Clarksville author Carolyn Stier Ferrell has released her ninth book, Col. William A. Forbes and the 14th TN Infantry.

The public is invited to a book signing at the Austin Peay Morgan University Center on Friday, March 22, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in the center’s lobby. The book costs $40 including tax. Mrs. Ferrell will have her other books available for sale.

About the Book:
A Virginian by birth, Col. William A. Forbes makes his home in Clarksville and has all that any man could wish for: a remarkable wife, two lovely and talented step-daughters, a son, a new house, a career, and the admiration of a community he has come to love. The Civil War begins and Forbes’ prior training at the Virginia Military Institute puts him at the head of a regiment that will be sent to Virginia. Confident in the belief that Clarksville will be well-protected against the Union Army by both the 49th and 50th TN Infantry units raised in the Montgomery County area, Forbes and his 1st TN Regiment concentrate their efforts in small skirmishes and battles.

When word reaches Virginia that Clarksville has fallen to the enemy and Union troops are not only in town but also in his house as well, Forbes is torn between the need to protect his mother and sisters still living in Richmond and his family back in Clarksville.

Serving under Generals Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and A.P. Hill, Forbes soon finds himself in a second major battle forming on the plains of Manassas. The three-day grueling battle is over for Forbes when, on the last day, in the last charge, in the last minutes of the battle, Forbes leads his men into the face of cannon fire from a retreating Union Army under General John Pope and loses his life. This book is all about Forbes’ duty to family and a cause which he believed just.

About Carolyn Ferrell:
Ferrell is an avid researcher and historian for her hometown of Clarksville, Tennessee. She is a fourth generation Clarksvillian, a past educator in the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System, and a frequent guest speaker at civic clubs and organizations.

She enjoys volunteering her time to give tours of Riverview and Greenwood Cemeteries as well as bicycle and walking tours of the historic downtown district. Ferrell has also been involved with the Clarksville and Montgomery County Arts and Heritage Council’s Discovery Trails Project and the ongoing Suffragist project to be celebrated in 2020.

In 2017, Ferrell was a co-recipient of the Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Heritage. Her passions are researching and writing, as well as traveling, gardening, re-enacting, and spending time with her grandchildren.

Mrs. Ferrell can be reached at carolynsferrell@hotmail.com.