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UNINA9910821546003321 |
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Autore |
Brantley Michael K. |
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Galvanized : the odyssey of a reluctant Carolina Confederate / / Michael K. Brantley |
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Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Potomac Books, , [2020] |
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©2020 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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Soggetti |
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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 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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"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"-- |
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