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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821546003321

Autore

Brantley Michael K.

Titolo

Galvanized : the odyssey of a reluctant Carolina Confederate / / Michael K. Brantley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Potomac Books, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-64012-316-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

973.742092

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Soggetti

Soldiers - Confederate States of America

Prisoners of war - United States

Prisoners of war - Confederate States of America

Murder victims - North Carolina - Nash County

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Prisoners and prisons

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Homecoming -- A name in a book -- The Rip Van Winkle State -- A new life in the face of an approaching storm -- My Civil War past -- Wright's enlistment and early campaigns -- Bloodbaths at Gettysburg and Bristoe Station -- The home front -- POW life leads to being galvanized ... and a great escape -- Return and Reconstruction -- Trouble about a yaller dog -- On the research trail -- Statues of limitations -- The future of the past : the Civil War is still being fought -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

"The story of a North Carolina farmer who fought in the Civil War. Wright Stephen Batchelor served in both armies, survived Gettysburg, was twice captured and spent time in the worst POW camps of the war, escaped, and walked hundreds of miles to rejoin his comrades at Petersburg just in time for a Union siege. After surviving it all, he went home to North Carolina only to be the victim of a bizarre murder"--