Hanging rock rebel : Lt. John Blue's war in West Virginia and the Shenandoah Valley /
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Author / Creator: | Blue, John, 1834-1903 |
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Imprint: | Shippensburg, PA : Burd Street Press, c1994. |
Description: | viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Language: | English |
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Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1560805 |
Summary: | The experiences of Lt. John Blue begin at the very onset of the Civil War, May of 1861, and span the length of America's greatest conflict on her home soil. The reader will relive the travels of Lieutenant Blue from Charlottesville, Virginia to the Battle of Gettysburg and will read about life in four separate Confederate prisons, the famous West Virginia Campaign of 1863, harrowing escapes from the Yankees and one rescue by the famous McNeill's Rangers. |
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Item Description: | Originally published as articles in The Hampshire review, between 1898 and 1901. |
Physical Description: | viii, 324 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
ISBN: | 0942597621 |