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Clint JohnsonUnited States - Military - Civil War Genealogy Books |
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Clint Johnson has the following 2 genealogy books:
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TOURING THE CAROLINAS CIVIL WAR SITES
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| For decades, Civil War buffs and tourists have been able to follow signs to famous Civil War sites in the Carolinas, including Fort Fisher in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Fort Sumter off the coast of Charleston, South Carolina. However, many of the sites from the states rich Civil War heritage are off the beaten path. The work helps travelers find the Carolinas famous Civil War battlefields, forts, and memorials, as well as the lesser skirmish sites, homes, and towns that also played a significant role in the war. The books nineteen tours cover the entire Carolinas, from the remote mountains near Marshall in western North Carolina, where Confederate troops executed a group of Union sympathizers and created a climate of hate and distrust that lasted for decades after the war; to the Sea Islands of the South Carolina coast, where the Emancipation Proclamatoin was read for the first time to a group of former slaves, prompting a spontaneous rendition of "My Country, Tis of Thee." Along the way, both tourists and armchair travelers will enjoy their visits to sites such as Fort Hill, the home of fiery South Carolina secessionist John C. Calhoun; Boones Mill, where naked Confederates repulsed a superior Federal force; and the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, which houses a comprehensive collection of Civil War relics - United States - Military - Civil War |
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TOURING VIRGINIAS AND WEST VIRGINIAS CIVIL WAR SITES
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| The names still resonate after more than 130 years. Bethel. Manassas. The Shenandoah Valley Campaign. The Peninsula Campaign. The Seven Days. Fredericksburg. Chancellorsville. The Wilderness. Cold Harbor. The Crater. Appomattox. In the minds of many people, Virginia is the Civil War. It is the state most closely associated with Confederate luminaries Lee, Jackson, Stuart, and Mosby and Union leaders Grant, Sheridan, Burnside, McClellan, and Pope. Virginia was literally torn apart by the war. When the general assembly voted the state out of the Union, citizens west of the Shenandoah Valley voted themselves out of Virginia. But such was their native pride that when it came time to name the newest Union state, they chose from the heart - West Virginia. The 17 tours in this book cover all the significant Civil War sites in both states. You may have read about such battlegrounds as Philippi, Rich Mountain, and Sewell Mountain without knowing exactly where they are. Touring Virginias and West Virginias Civil War Sites will take you to them. Included here are the sites where the first soldiers from both North and South died. Youll also visit the places where the Confederacys greatest heroes were born, grew up, fought, were wounded, and were buried. Of special interest are the numerous small battlefields that are not part of the national-parks system, whether administered by state or local agencies or held in private hands. - United States - Military - Civil War |
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