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Contested borderland : the Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia
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Contested borderland : the Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia / Brian D. McKnight.
ISBN
0813123895 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Published
Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, c2006.
Physical Description
ix, 312 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 24 cm.
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Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 05, 2006
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-295) and index.
Contents
The central Appalachian divide in unity and secession
Recruitment, training, and baptism : June-November 1861
Locking the Confederates into Virginia : December 1861-June 1862
The Kentucky campaign, Cumberland Gap : July-October 1862
The Kentucky campaign, Pound Gap : July-October 1862
An aggressive Union Army : November 1862-February 1863
Return to Kentucky, return to Virginia : February-April 1863
Southwestern Virginia besieged : May-September 1863
East Tennessee rescued, southwestern Virginia harassed : October 1863-March 1864
Impending defeat : April-September 1864
Violent war, violent peace : October 1864-April 1865.
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