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Cumberland Blood: Champ Ferguson's Civil War
Thomas D. Mays
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Description for Cumberland Blood: Champ Ferguson's Civil War
Hardcover. By the end of the Civil War, Champ Ferguson had become a notorious criminal whose likeness covered the front pages of newspapers across the country. His crime? Using the war as an excuse to steal, plunder, and murder Union civilians and soldiers. This book examines his life. Num Pages: 176 pages, 3 maps, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 376.
This book examines the life of one of the Civil War's most brutal men. By the end of the Civil War, Champ Ferguson had become a notorious criminal whose likeness covered the front pages of ""Harper's Weekly"", Leslie's ""Illustrated"", and other newspapers across the country. His crime? Using the war as an excuse to steal, plunder, and murder Union civilians and soldiers.""Cumberland Blood: Champ Ferguson's Civil Wa""r offers insights into Ferguson's lawless brutality and a lesser-known aspect of the Civil War, the bitter guerrilla conflict in the Appalachian highlands, extending from the Carolinas through Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. ... Read more
This book examines the life of one of the Civil War's most brutal men. By the end of the Civil War, Champ Ferguson had become a notorious criminal whose likeness covered the front pages of ""Harper's Weekly"", Leslie's ""Illustrated"", and other newspapers across the country. His crime? Using the war as an excuse to steal, plunder, and murder Union civilians and soldiers.""Cumberland Blood: Champ Ferguson's Civil Wa""r offers insights into Ferguson's lawless brutality and a lesser-known aspect of the Civil War, the bitter guerrilla conflict in the Appalachian highlands, extending from the Carolinas through Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809328604
SKU
V9780809328604
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Ref
99-15
About Thomas D. Mays
Thomas D. Mays, an assistant professor of history at Humboldt State University, is the author of The Saltville Massacre and the editor of Let Us Meet in Heaven: The Civil War Letters of James Michael Barr, 5th South Carolina Cavalry.
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