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Disorder on the Border: Civil Warfare in Cabell and Wayne...

Geiger, Joe
Disorder on the Border: Civil Warfare in Cabell and Wayne Counties, West Virginia, 1856-1870
In the last half of the 1850s, the Virginia counties of Cabell and Wayne became immersed in the national debate over slavery. Located only a stone's throw away from the free state of Ohio, some western Virginians practiced and defended slavery, and the contentiousness between supporters and those who opposed the institution increased dramatically as the nation moved closer to civil war. When the conflict erupted in 1861, disorder was the order...

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The Battle of Lewisburg: May 23, 1862

Armstrong, Richard L.
The Battle of Lewisburg: May 23, 1862
The early morning hours of May 23, 1862 brought the horror of war to the residents of the small, mountain town of Lewisburg, Virginia (now West Virginia). A brigade of Union troops, commanded by Colonel George Crook, had occupied the heavily Confederate leaning town less than two weeks earlier. Now, Lewisburg felt the fury of a battle waged in her streets. Bullets flew in every direction. Cannon balls whistled overhead and occasionally struck ...

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My Reminiscences of the Civil War with the Stonewall Brig...

Edgar, Alfred Mallory
My Reminiscences of the Civil War with the Stonewall Brigade and the Immortal 600
Alfred Mallory Edgar was born on July 10, 1837, in Greenbrier County, [West] Virginia, the son of Archer Edgar and Nancy Howe Pearis. Their mill, known as Edgar's Mill, is now the site of present day Ronceverte, West Virginia. At the outbreak of the Civil War, the family owned ten slaves, five males and five females, ranging in age from 7 to 39 years old. On May 9, 1861, at 23 years of age, Alfred volunteered for service in the Greenbrier Rifl...

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