Thomas Shelby Watson, Perry A. Brantley

Confederate Guerrilla Sue Mundy

A Biography of Kentucky Soldier Jerome Clarke

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1864, George D. Prentice, editor of the pro-Union Louisville Daily Journal, created the persona of Sue Mundy, a Civil War guerrilla who was in actuality a young man named Marcellus Jerome Clarke. This volume offers an in-depth, historically accurate account of Clarke's exploits in Kentucky during the Civil War. The work begins with a summary of Kentucky's prewar position: primarily pro-Union yet decidedly anti-Lincoln. The author then discusses the ways in which this paradox gave rise to the guerrilla threat that terrorized Kentuckians during the final years of the war. Special emphasis is placed on previously unknown facts, names and deeds with dialogue taken directly from testimony in court-martial proceedings. While the main focus of the work is Clarke himself, other perpetrators of guerrilla warfare including William Clarke Quantrill, Sam Berry and Henry Magruder are also covered, as are guerrilla hunters Edwin Terrell and James Bridgewater. Previously unpublished photographs accompany this fascinating Civil War history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 250
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 412g
• ISBN-13: 9780786432806
• ISBN-10: 0786432802
• Artikelnr.: 23016554

Autorenporträt

Newsman and historian Thomas Shelby Watson lives in Taylorsville, Kentucky. Perry A. Brantley works with the U.S. postal service and lives in Glasgow, Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by James M. Prichard     
Preface     
Introduction     
1. Riding with the Thunderbolt     
2. Lighting the Fire of Reprisal     
3. Scattered Like a Covey of Quail     
4. The Battle Flag Flies High     
5. Workin' on the Railroad     
6. Guerrillas, Guerrillas Everywhere     
7. The Creation of Sue Mundy     
8. The Fatal Rumor     
9. No Mercy for the Messenger     
10. The Warrior Wardrobe     
11. Rome Meets Mollie     
12. In Search of Fast Horses     
13. Trial by the Gun     
14. A Visit to Mackville     
15. An Eye for An Eye     
16. The Ride of Death     
17. The Springfield Raid     
18. Deathly Cold on Salt River     
19. A Guerrilla Christmas     
20. The Edward Caldwell Affair     
21. Trouble at the Junction     
22. A Battle in Bardstown     
23. Quantrill's Disguise     
24 The Simpsonville Massacre     
25. Ed Terrell's Debatable Condition     
26. Battle on the Little South Fork     
27. Missourians' "True Grit" Tested     
28. "He is not armed. He cannot hurt you much."     
29. Battling the Hall's Gap Tigers     
30. Not Enough Friendly Rebels     
31. The Truth Is Revealed     
32. "I Do Truly, Fondly and Forever Love You"     
33. The Eagle's Claws Tighten     
34. Lee Surrenders, Guerrillas Face Quandary     
35. "Here They Come! Here They come!"     
36. Terrell Kills the Blacksmith     
Epilogue     
Notes     
Bibliography     
Index