Author: Thomas D. Mays
Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN: 9781886661059
Category : African American soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
The Saltville Massacre
Author: Thomas D. Mays
Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN: 9781886661059
Category : African American soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
Publisher: TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
ISBN: 9781886661059
Category : African American soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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.
The Battles for Saltville
Author: William Marvel
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Tennessee Valley Perspective
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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Category : Natural resources
Languages : en
Pages : 396
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The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide
Author: John S. Salmon
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811728683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
142 two-color maps vividly depict battlefield action Detailed local driving directions guide visitors to each battlefield site Of the 384 Civil War battlefields cited as critical to preserve by the congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 123-fully one-third-are located in Virginia. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide is the comprehensive guidebook to the most significant battles of the Civil War. Reviewed by Edwin C. Bearss and other noted Civil War authorities and sanctioned by the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, no other guidebook on the market today rivals it for historical detail, accuracy, and credibility.
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 9780811728683
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
142 two-color maps vividly depict battlefield action Detailed local driving directions guide visitors to each battlefield site Of the 384 Civil War battlefields cited as critical to preserve by the congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 123-fully one-third-are located in Virginia. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide is the comprehensive guidebook to the most significant battles of the Civil War. Reviewed by Edwin C. Bearss and other noted Civil War authorities and sanctioned by the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, no other guidebook on the market today rivals it for historical detail, accuracy, and credibility.
To Amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 and the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Subcommittee on Economic Development
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Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
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Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 604
Book Description
Smyth County
Author: Kimberly Barr Byrd
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738517568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Located between the Blue Ridge and the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Smyth County has had a profound effect on many aspects of local, state, American, and world history. In Images of America: Smyth County, take a journey back through time and visit the town recently named the "Most Historical Spot in America." Travel across the homestead of the first Virginians, who fought the first recorded battle of the new land, and find out how Smyth County is rewriting the history books. See the racetrack in Smyth County where the "Babe Ruth of NASCAR" took the checkered flag. Tour Civil War sites and homes where Stoneman's Raiders took refuge during battles for the most valuable site of the Confederacy.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738517568
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 132
Book Description
Located between the Blue Ridge and the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia, Smyth County has had a profound effect on many aspects of local, state, American, and world history. In Images of America: Smyth County, take a journey back through time and visit the town recently named the "Most Historical Spot in America." Travel across the homestead of the first Virginians, who fought the first recorded battle of the new land, and find out how Smyth County is rewriting the history books. See the racetrack in Smyth County where the "Babe Ruth of NASCAR" took the checkered flag. Tour Civil War sites and homes where Stoneman's Raiders took refuge during battles for the most valuable site of the Confederacy.
Communities in Transition
Author: United States. President's Economic Adjustment Committee
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Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Category : Community development
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Geology and Mineral Resources of the Solomon and Casadepaga Quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska
Author: Philip Sidney Smith
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Publisher:
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 514
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Geological Survey Professional Paper
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 218
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Results of Spirit Leveling in Virginia, 1900 to 1913, Inclusive
Author: Robert Bradford Marshall
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Category : Bench-marks
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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Category : Bench-marks
Languages : en
Pages : 70
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