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Galvanized : the odyssey of a reluctant Carolina Confederate / Michael K. Brantley.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brantley, Michael K., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
- Prisoners of war.
- Prisoners of war--Confederate States of America--Biography.
- Murder victims--North Carolina--Nash County--Biography.
- Murder victims.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Prisoners and prisons.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Biography.
- Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 47th--Biography.
- Confederate States of America.
- United States. Army. Volunteer Infantry Regiment, 1st--Biography.
- Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates--Biography.
- Point Lookout Prison Camp for Confederates.
- Batchelor, Wright Stephen, 1828-1886.
- Batchelor, Wright Stephen.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Other Title:
- Odyssey of a reluctant Carolina Confederate
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln, Nebraska : Potomac Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-64012-316-4
- OCLC:
- 1144497095
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