ISBN: 9780195132373

Located in a strategic position in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia, witnessed the Civil War in a way unlike any other town in America. In Defend the Valley, the story of the w… More...

Located in a strategic position in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia, witnessed the Civil War in a way unlike any other town in America. In Defend the Valley, the story of the war is told through the letters and private papers of the Barton and Jones clans-two great limbs of onefamily tree with roots in Winchester. By collecting her ancestors'' papers, Margaretta Barton Colt has done far more than provide a record of the Civil War. She has brought it to life with astounding clarity through the voices of those who experienced it. The Bartons and Joneses collectively senteleven men into battle, most in the brigade led by Thomas ""Stonewall"" Jackson. Culled from the private papers of twenty family members, the material presented here includes many vivid recollections found in the soldiers'' first-hand descriptions of the battles, as well as responses from the homefront. The result is a fully rounded picture of the daily struggles of the Civil War, and a documentation of the passing of a way of life. | Defend the Valley by Margaretta Barton Colt Paperback | Indigo Chapters Books > History > Military History > US Civil War P10103, Margaretta Barton Colt<

ISBN: 9780195132373

Located in a strategic position in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia, witnessed the Civil War in a way unlike any other town in America. In Defend the Valley, the story of the w… More...

Located in a strategic position in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia, witnessed the Civil War in a way unlike any other town in America. In Defend the Valley, the story of the war is told through the letters and private papers of the Barton and Jones clans—two great limbs of one family tree with roots in Winchester. By collecting her ancestors' papers, Margaretta Barton Colt has done far more than provide a record of the Civil War. She has brought it to life with astounding clarity through the voices of those who experienced it. The Bartons and Joneses collectively sent eleven men into battle, most in the brigade led by Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson. Culled from the private papers of twenty family members, the material presented here includes many vivid recollections found in the soldiers' first-hand descriptions of the battles, as well as responses from the home front. The result is a fully rounded picture of the daily struggles of the Civil War, and a documentation of the passing of a way of life. New Textbooks>Trade Paperback>U.S. History>Regional History>Regional History, Oxford University Press Core >1 >T<

ISBN: 9780195132373

New. Located in a strategic position in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia witnessed the Civil War in a way unlike any other town in America. In Defend the Valley, the story of … More...

New. Located in a strategic position in the Shenandoah Valley, Winchester, Virginia witnessed the Civil War in a way unlike any other town in America. In Defend the Valley, the story of the war is told through the letters and private papers of the Bartons and Joneses, In gathering together her ancestors' papers, Margaretta Barton Colt has done far more than provide a record of the Civil War. She has brought it to life with astounding clarity through the voices of those who lived it. These two families sent eleven men into battle, most in the brigade led by Thomas &quot;Stonewall&quot; Jackson. Culled from the private papers of twenty family members, the material represented here includes letters, diaries, and memoirs. The book benefits from the vivid recollections found in the soldiers first-hand descriptions of the battles, and the responses from the home front. The result is a fully-rounded picture of the daily struggle of the Civil War, and the passing of a way of life., 6<

1999, ISBN: 9780195132373

A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War, Buch, Softcover, [PU: Oxford University Press Inc], Oxford University Press Inc, 1999