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Author : Garland Redd Quarles
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Some Old Homes in Frederick County, Virginia written by Garland Redd Quarles and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sheila R. Phipps
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807129272
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (292 download)
Download or read book Genteel Rebel written by Sheila R. Phipps and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2003-10-13 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This elegantly written biography depicts the combined effect of social structure, character, and national crisis on a woman’s life. Mary Greenhow Lee (1819–1907) was raised in a privileged Virginia household. As a young woman, she flirted with President Van Buren’s son, drank tea with Dolley Madison, and frolicked in bedsheets through the streets of Washington with her sister-in-law, future Confederate spy Rose O’Neal Greenhow. Later in life, Lee debated with senators, fed foreign emissaries and correspondents, scolded generals, and nursed soldiers. As a Confederate sympathizer in the hotly contested small border town of Winchester, Virginia, she ran an underground postal service, hid contraband under her nieces’ dresses, abetted the Rebel cause, and was finally banished. Lee’s personal history is an intriguing story. It is also an account of the complex social relations that characterized nineteenth-century life. She was an elite southern woman who knew the rules but who also flouted and other times flaunted the prevailing gender arrangements. Her views on status suggest that the immeasurable markers of prestige were much more important than wealth in her social stratum. She had strong ideas about who was (or was not) her “equal,” yet she married a man of quite modest means. Lee’s biography also enlarges our view of Confederate patriotism, revealing a war within a war and divisions arising as much from politics and geography as from issues of slavery and class. Mary Greenhow Lee was a woman of her time and place — one whose youthful rebellion against her society’s standards yielded to her desire to preserve that society’s way of life. Genteel Rebel illustrates the value of biography as history as it narrates the eventful life of a surprisingly powerful southern lady.
Author : Emmie Ferguson Farrar
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Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)
Download or read book Old Virginia Houses - Shenandoah written by Emmie Ferguson Farrar and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Fergus D. H. Macdowall
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0578026791
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The MacDowalls written by Fergus D. H. Macdowall and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2009 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The MacDowalls traces the glories, tragedies, and amazing accomplishments of MacDowall kindred from their beginnings in Scotland and Ireland hundreds of years ago to their illus-trious present in such countries as the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, and Russia. The cast of characters ranges from kings and barons to artists and generals, farmers, homemakers, and teachers. Their stories unfold as a history in progress, as each has made a unique and significant impact on the world.
Author : Wilmer L. Kerns
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Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Frederick County, Virginia written by Wilmer L. Kerns and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bruce S. Allardice
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807155748
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book More Generals in Gray written by Bruce S. Allardice and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a biographical sketch, photograph, and short bibliography of 137 Confederate generals who attained their rank through a route other than presidential appointment and have therefore been largely overlooked in historical accounts of the Civil War.
Author : Thomas Kemp Cartmell
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Total Pages : 648 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants written by Thomas Kemp Cartmell and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Linden A. Fravel
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738554396
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (543 download)
Download or read book Stephens City written by Linden A. Fravel and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On October 12, 1758, a newly appointed lieutenant governor of Virginia approved a set of bills passed by the colonys legislature, and the town of Stephens City, originally named Stephensburgh, was born. As the town grew over the next century and a half, its inhabitants participated in events of national significance, including the French and Indian War, the American Revolution, and the Civil War, when the town was almost burned by Union forces. Throughout its history, the town has had a reputation for labor, industry, thrift, and the overland travel and vehicle traffic associated with the modern U.S. Route 11 corridor. Where 150 years ago the town was famous for producing high-quality freight wagons, it is today a growing suburban community with residents who commute to work in the surrounding region.
Author : Jerry W. Holsworth
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 161423051X
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Civil War Winchester written by Jerry W. Holsworth and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Confederacy's lynchpin in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester was the most disputed town of the Civil War. As control of Winchester shifted between North and South more than seventy-five times, civilians coped with skirmishes in the streets, wracking disease and makeshift hospitals in their homes and churches. Out of this turmoil emerged heroes such as Angel of the Battlefield Tillie Russell, doctor turned soldier John Henry S. Funk and courageous mother and nurse Cornelia McDonald. Historian Jerry W. Holsworth uses diaries and letters to reveal an intimate portrait of this war torn community, the celebrated Stonewall Brigade, its many occupations, as well as the indomitable women who inspired legend.
Author : Norma Mulvey Hoke
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Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book The Luptons of Winchester & Frederick County, Virginia written by Norma Mulvey Hoke and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : William Meade
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Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Old Churches, Ministers and Families of Virginia written by William Meade and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jeffry D. Wert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439129320
Total Pages : 485 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)
Download or read book Custer written by Jeffry D. Wert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2015-05-26 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: George Armstrong Custer has been so heavily mythologized that the human being has been all but lost. Now, in the first complete biography in decades, Jeffry Wert reexamines the life of the famous soldier to give us Custer in all his colorful complexity. Although remembered today as the loser at Little Big Horn, Custer was the victor of many cavalry engagements in the Civil War. He played an important role in several battles in the Virginia theater of the war, including the Shenandoah campaign. Renowned for his fearlessness in battle, he was always in front of his troops, leading the charge. His men were fiercely loyal to him, and he was highly regarded by Sheridan and Grant as well. Some historians think he may have been the finest cavalry officer in the Union Army. But when he was assigned to the Indian wars on the Plains, life changed drastically for Custer. No longer was he in command of soldiers bound together by a cause they believed in. Discipline problems were rampant, and Custer's response to them earned him a court-martial. There were long lulls in the fighting, during which time Custer turned his attention elsewhere, often to his wife, Libbie Bacon Custer, to whom he was devoted. Their romance and marriage is a remarkable love story, told here in part through their personal correspondence. After Custer's death, Libbie would remain faithful to his memory until her own death nearly six decades later. Jeffry Wert carefully examines the events around the defeat at Little Big Horn, drawing on recent archeological findings and the latest scholarship. His evenhanded account of the dramatic battle puts Custer's performance, and that of his subordinates, in proper perspective. From beginning to end, this masterful biography peels off the layers of legend to reveal for us the real George Armstrong Custer.
Author : Richard R. Duncan
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807135798
Total Pages : 409 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Beleaguered Winchester written by Richard R. Duncan and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2007-06 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Civil War, the strategically located town of Winchester, Virginia, suffered from the constant turmoil of military campaigning perhaps more than any other town. Occupied dozens of times by alternating Union and Confederate forces, Winchester suffered through three major battles, including some seventy smaller skirmishes. In his voluminous community study of the town over the course of four tumultuous years, Richard R. Duncan shows that in many ways Winchester's history provides a paradigm of the changing nature of the war. Indeed, Duncan reveals how the town offers a microcosm of the war: slavery collapsed, women assumed control in the absence of men, and civilians vied for authority alongside an assortment of revolving military commanders. Control over Winchester was vital for both the North and the South. Confederates used it as a base to strike the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and conduct raids into western Maryland and Pennsylvania, and when Federal forces occupied the town, they threatened Staunton -- Lee's breadbasket -- and the Virginia Central Railroad. At various times during the war, generals "Stonewall" Jackson, Nathaniel Banks, Robert Milroy, Richard Ewell, Jubal Early, and Philip Sheridan each controlled the town. Guerrilla activity further compounded the region's strife as insecurity became the norm for its civilian population. In this first scholarly treatment of occupied Winchester, Duncan has compiled a narrative of voices from the entire community, including those of groups often omitted from such studies, such as slaves, women, and Confederate dissenters. He shows how Federal occupation meant an early end to slavery in Winchester and how the paucity of men left women to serve as the major cohesive force in the community, making them a bulwark of Confederate support. He also explores the tensions between civilians and military personnel that inevitably arose as each group sought to protect its interests. The war, Duncan explains, left Winchester a landscape of wreckage and economic loss. A fascinating case study of civilian survival amid the turmoil of war, Beleaguered Winchester will appeal to Civil War scholars and enthusiasts alike.
Author : Wesley Millett
Publisher : Cumberland House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781581826692
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (266 download)
Download or read book The Rebel and the Rose written by Wesley Millett and published by Cumberland House Publishing. This book was released on 2008-10 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In April 1865 the Civil War is over for most Americans. Confederate President Jefferson Davis flees Richmond, the Southern capital, accompanied by most of his administration, a cavalry escort, various hangers-on, and the Confederate treasury.
Author : Lloyd F. Oliver
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Total Pages : 564 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Houses of Strother: William Strother II (ca. 1653-1726) and his descendants written by Lloyd F. Oliver and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The immigrant ancestor of this family, William Strother I (ca. 1627/30- 1700/02), is supposed to have immigrated from Northumberland, England to Virginia around 1650. He married Dorothy Savage, daughter of Capt. Anthony Savage, ca. 1651. He settled in Sittenborne Parish on the Rappahannock River then in "Old" Rappahannock County. This county was later Richmond Co. and is now in King George County. Couple had the following children: William II (ca. 1653-1726), James, Jeremiah, Robert, Benjamin and Joseph. William II married Margaret Thornton, (1678-1756), daughter of Francis Thornton, Sr. and Alice Savage. Descendants live in Virginia, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee and elsewhere.
Author : Margaretta Barton Colt
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0195132378
Total Pages : 470 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book Defend the Valley written by Margaretta Barton Colt and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author "brings to life the courage, recklessness, heartbreak, and deprivation of the (Shenandoah) Valley Campaign and the battles to the east of the Blue Ridge" ("The Commercial Appeal"). 60 photos.
Author : Dan Voorhees Stephens
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)
Download or read book Peter Stephens and Some of His Descendents, 1690-1935 written by Dan Voorhees Stephens and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Stephens (ca. 1690-1757), probably a German immigrant, appeared in Orange and Frederick Counties, Virginia in 1734. He probably immigrated to New York with Jost Hite, and moved to Virginia with him as well. Some descendants moved to Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere.
