Defend the Valley A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War

Name: Defend the Valley A Shenandoah Family in the Civil War
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ISBN: 9780195132373

ISBN-10: 0195132378

ISBN-13: 9780195132373

Edition: 1999

Authors: Margaretta Barton Colt

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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…

Book details

List price: $34.99
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/14/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 464
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.320
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Preface


Genealogical Chart


Maps


Introduction



The Valley at Peace


The Family



The Valley at War


April-July 1861. Harpers Ferry


First Battle of Manassas



August-December 1861


On the Potomac and Back in the Valley



January-May 1862


Bath-Romney Campaign


First Federal Occupation of Winchester


Battle of Kernstown


McDowell Campaign



May-June 1862


First Battle of Winchester


Battle of Port Republic



Summer 1862


Winchester Reoccupied


Battle of Gaines' Mill



September-December 1862


Winchester Returned to the Confederacy


Fredericksburg Campaign



January-May 1863


Winter Quarters


Letters from Occupied Winchester and the Field


Chancellorsville



May-July 1863


More Letters under Occupation


Second Battle of Winchester


Liberation and Family Reunited



July-September 1863


Winchester Between the Lines



October-December 1863


The Family at Springdale


Campaigning in the Wilderness



January-June 1864


Battles of the Wilderness and Spotsylvania


Battle of New Market



July-September 1864


Early's Valley Campaign


Third Battle of Winchester



October 1864-April 1865


Last Battles in the Valley


Final Campaign in Eastern Virginia



The Devastated Valley at Peace


The Family Dispersed


Service Records


Notes


Sources


Selected Bibliography


Index