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The War in Southwest Virginia, 1861-1865

Author : Gary C. Walker
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781589805781
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The War in Southwest Virginia, 1861-1865 written by Gary C. Walker and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2007-12-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Walker has done an outstanding job of explaining the Confederate war effort to protect this area of land and its vital resources. . . . It is the Confederate classic on this particular area of study." --Ed Porter, The Lone Star E-Newsletter During the Civil War, Southwest Virginia's resources were essential to the South's war effort, and its railroads were a lifeline to the rest of the Confederacy. The separation of West Virginia left the area vulnerable to invading Northern armies and led to continual invasions and battles. This area was vital in supplying salt to preserve Southern food and lead for Southern guns. Although Southwest Virginia originally voted to remain part of the Union, support for the developing Confederacy soon grew. Virginia elected to secede from the nation and greatly aided the South in the war. Walker presents a detailed account of the operations in Southwest Virginia. In gripping narrative, he relates the effects of the war on the individual soldier and the nation as a whole. Each major battle over the course of four grueling years is retold, and each strategic decision is examined so that the war itself turns into a human effort, an exhausting struggle to retain the lands in Southwest Virginia for the South. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Gary C. Walker has been a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for more than thirty years and has been recognized by the State of South Carolina Legislature for his many accomplishments in Civil War history. Walker is a member of several historic and preservation groups and often participates in Civil War reenactments. He is the author of Civil War Tales, Hunter's Fiery Raid through Virginia Valleys, Confederate Coloring and Learning Book, A General History of the Civil War: The Southern Point of View, and Son of the South, a novel set in Civil War-era Virginia, all published by Pelican.

The War in Southwest Virginia, 1861-65

Author : Gary C. Walker
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War in Southwest Virginia, 1861-65 written by Gary C. Walker and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 1985 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The War in Southwest Virginia, 1861-65

Author : Gary C. Walker
Publisher : A&w Enterprise
ISBN 13 : 9780961789695
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (896 download)

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Download or read book The War in Southwest Virginia, 1861-65 written by Gary C. Walker and published by A&w Enterprise. This book was released on 1985-01-01 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the only book on that crucial military department. Over fifty battles waged in an attempt to destroy the Confederacy's only source of salt & lead. Crack Union troops under excellent generals like Crook, Stoneman, & Burbridge launched numerous attacks into the area. The Dixie boys manned the trenches & braved overwhelming odds. Southern generals like Breckinridge, Jackson, "Grumble" Jones, & "The Devil" Morgan struggled valiantly to maintain the critical war materials flow to General Lee. HUNTER'S FIERY RAID THROUGH VIRGINIA VALLEYS; 0-9617897-0-8; $32.95. This is the only accurate account of wicked General David "Black Dave" Hunter's campaign to destroy the Confederacy by stopping the flow of salt & lead through the Shenandoah, James, & Roanoke River Valleys. Hatred clouded Hunter's judgment as he reaped punishment on slave-holding Virginia. Towns were burned, looting & wanton destruction were commonplace. Staunton & Lexington (including V.M.I) were burned. Savage fighting raged around Lynchburg & through the Roanoke-Salem area. CIVIL WAR TALES; 0-9617898-1-6; $25.95. This is a delightful concoction of newly uncovered pure history, hilarious fables, heart wrenching stories, & just plain bull. Based on family stories. Learn interesting facts about Lee, Jackson, Ashby, & John Wilkes Booth. Laugh at a Yankee suitor's rejection, a peed on Southern soldier, terrifying yet comical encounters slaves had with dead persons & live Yankees, & a Reb "Still Holding the Line." Sad tales of cold blooded murder, neighbor against neighbor, burned towns & terrorized citizens, & a Confederate flag in WW II. Under a flavor of the times: women in action, a church that went to war, a ghost story, & vile atrocities. CIVIL WAR TALES, VOL. II; 0-9617898-2-4; $25.95 (even more of a good thing). To order write or call: A & W Enterprise, P.O. Box 8133, Roanoke, VA 24014. Phone: 703-427-1154.

The Civil War in Southwestern Virginia

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book The Civil War in Southwestern Virginia written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Battles for Saltville

Author : William Marvel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book The Battles for Saltville written by William Marvel and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Lee's Endangered Left: The Civil War in Western Virginia, Spring of 1864

Author : Richard R. Duncan
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807140536
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Lee's Endangered Left: The Civil War in Western Virginia, Spring of 1864 written by Richard R. Duncan and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Contested Borderland

Author : Brian Dallas McKnight
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 081317127X
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)

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Download or read book Contested Borderland written by Brian Dallas McKnight and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1861 to 1865, the border separating eastern Kentucky and south-western Virginia represented a major ideological split. This book shows how military invasion of this region led to increasing guerrilla warfare, and how regular armies and state militias ripped communities along partisan lines, leaving wounds long after the end of the Civil War.

Virginia at War, 1861

Author : William Davis
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813123721
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Virginia at War, 1861 written by William Davis and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2005-11-11 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More Civil War battles were fought on Virginian soil than on that of any other Confederate state. No state suffered more from invasion and occupation than the Old Dominion, and none witnessed as much of the war. Virginia’s story of the Civil War stands unique among the Confederate States. Virginia at War, 1861 looks at Virginia on the eve of secession, detailing the activities of the convention that finally took the state out of the Union and explaining how Richmond became the capital of the new Confederate nation. Chapters in the book examine Virginia’s private state army and its little-known state navy, as well as the impact that secession and the first year of the war had on Virginia’s black community, both slave and free. Virginia was the only Confederate state to suffer an internal secession, and the story of that “other Virginia” that broke away and became West Virginia is explored in all its bizarre complexity. Virginia at War, 1861 is the first in a new five-volume series, edited by William C. Davis and James I. Robertson Jr. for the Virginia Center for Civil War Studies at Virginia Tech. Each volume will bring together leading Civil War historians to study one year of the Civil War in Virginia.

The Civil War in Southwest Virginia

Author : Cathy Carlson Reynolds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (568 download)

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Download or read book The Civil War in Southwest Virginia written by Cathy Carlson Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1992* with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The War Hits Home

Author : Brian Steel Wills
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813920276
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The War Hits Home written by Brian Steel Wills and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1863 Confederate forces confronted the Union garrison at Suffolk Virginia, and an exhausting and deadly campaign followed. Wills (history and philosophy, U. of Virginia-Wise) focuses on how the ordinary people of the region responded to the war. He finds that many remained devoted to the Confederate cause, while others found the demands too difficult and opted in a number of ways not to carry them any longer. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Impact of the Civil War upon the Southwestern Corner of Virginia

Author : Bonnie (Sage) Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (134 download)

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Download or read book Impact of the Civil War upon the Southwestern Corner of Virginia written by Bonnie (Sage) Ball and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Impact of the Civil War upon the population of southwestern Virginia.

Soldier of Southwestern Virginia

Author : James I. Robertson
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807148016
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Soldier of Southwestern Virginia written by James I. Robertson and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far more than a documentation of the horrors and banality of the Civil War, John Preston Sheffey's literate and witty writings demonstrate his ardor for battle, his love of Virginia, and his passion in waging a most arduous and suspenseful campaign: to win Josephine Spiller as his wife. Superbly edited by James I. Robertson, Jr., Sheffey's letters are the first published correspondence by a member of the 8th Virginia Cavalry. A native of Marion, Virginia, Sheffey provides an invaluable picture of socio-military affairs in the overlooked western and southwestern regions of the state. His combination of intimate minute-to-minute, day-to-day recording and larger insight into the dynamics of men, terrain, supplies, and protocol make this collection unique. Sheffey's more than ninety letters are a singular source of interest for revealing the paradoxes and tragedies of isolated but vital Civil War skirmishes in southwest Virginia.

Soldier of Southwestern Virginia

Author : John Preston Sheffey
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780807130131
Total Pages : 239 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Soldier of Southwestern Virginia written by John Preston Sheffey and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Far more than a mere documentation of the horrors and banality of the Civil War, John Preston Sheffey's literate and even macabrely witty writings demonstrate his ardor for battle, his love of his home state of Virginia, and his passion in waging a most arduous and suspenseful campaign: to win Josephine Spiller of Wytheville, Virginia, as his wife. Superbly edited by James I. Robertson, Jr., Sheffey's letters are the first published correspondence by a member of the 8th Virginia Cavalry. A native of Marion, Virginia, Sheffey provides an invaluable picture of socio-military affairs in the overlooked western and southwestern regions of the state. Too mountainous to be neutralized by Union military efforts, southwest Virginia's communities harbored resources of coal, lead, and salt as well as the only rail line connecting Richmond and the Western theater of the war - all of which were indispensable to any possibility of success for the Confederacy. Sheffey's combination of intimate minute-to-minute, day-to-day recording and larger insight into the dynamics of men, terrain, supplies, and protocol make this collection unique. Displaying a formidable range in his charming letters, Sheffe

The Saltville Massacre

Author : Thomas D. Mays
Publisher : TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN 13 : 9781886661059
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (61 download)

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Download or read book The Saltville Massacre written by Thomas D. Mays and published by TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1864, in the mountains of southwest Virginia, one of the most brutal acts of the Civil War occurs. Brig. Gen. Stephen Burbridge launches a raid to capture Saltville. Included among his forces is the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry. Repeated Federal attacks are repulsed by Confederate forces under the command of Gen. John S. Williams. As the sun begins to set, Burbridge pulls his troops from the field, leaving many wounded. In the morning, Confederate troops, including a company of ruffians under the command of Captain Champ Ferguson, advance over the battleground seeking out and killing the wounded black soldiers. What starts as a small but intense mountain battle degenerates into a no-quarter, racial massacre. A detailed account from eyewitness reports of the most blatant battlefield atrocity of the war.

West Virginia in the Civil War

Author : Richard A. Wolfe
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467120510
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book West Virginia in the Civil War written by Richard A. Wolfe and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2014-01-27 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Virginia in the Civil War chronicles the role West Virginians played in the Civil War through the use of vintage photograph West Virginia, Child of the Storm, was the only state formed as a result of the Civil War. West Virginia witnessed battles, engagements, and guerrilla actions during the four years of the Civil War. The struggle between eastern and western Virginia over voting rights, taxation, and economic development can be traced back to the formation of the Republic. John Brown's 1859 raid on the United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry played a major role in the Civil War, which started in western Virginia with the destruction of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad property. When Virginia voted to secede and join the slave-holding Confederacy, the counties of western Virginia formed the pro-Union government known as the Restored Government of Virginia in Wheeling. West Virginia in the Civil War chronicles the role West Virginians played in the Civil War through the use of vintage photographs.

A General History of the Civil War

Author : Gary C. Walker
Publisher : Pelican Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781589805743
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book A General History of the Civil War written by Gary C. Walker and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people believe that the Civil War was started by the Southern states because of slavery and the issue of secession. Here the author argues differently: Southerners believed that they would benefit from a different form of government than that of their Northern neighbors. Southerners, whose economy depended on agriculture, felt that the industrialized North passed laws and set taxes unfair to the South. In this history, Walker includes descriptions of daring raids, massive battles, and life-and-death struggles that changed one nation and destroyed another. In between are tales of the North's misdeeds, such as the massacre of more than 600 American Indians, the burning of Confederate hospitals, and Lincoln's imprisonment of more than 40,000 citizens who dared to oppose him.

Southwest Virginia's Railroad

Author : Kenneth W. Noe
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
ISBN 13 : 0817350640
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Southwest Virginia's Railroad written by Kenneth W. Noe and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A close study of one region of Appalachia that experienced economic vitality and strong sectionalism before the Civil War This book examines the construction of the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad through southwest Virginia in the 1850s, before the Civil War began. The building and operation of the railroad reoriented the economy of the region toward staple crops and slave labor. Thus, during the secession crisis, southwest Virginia broke with northwestern Virginia and embraced the Confederacy. Ironically, however, it was the railroad that brought waves of Union raiders to the area during the war