Richard L. Armstrong

God Alone Knows Which Was Right

The Blue and Gray Terrill Family of Virginia in the Civil War

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Produktbeschreibung

According to legend, William H. Terrill had the phrase "God Alone Knows Which Was Right" inscribed on a monument to honor two of his fallen sons, generals who fought on opposite sides during the Civil War. This history uses excerpts from family letters and official military records to depict both a family and a nation divided.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780786446223
• ISBN-10: 0786446226
• Artikelnr.: 28178766

Autorenporträt

Richard L. Armstrong is the past president of the Bath County Historical Society and head of the local committee for Bath County in the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The author of seven other books on Virginia in the Civil War, he lives in Hot Springs, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Introduction     
Military Terminology     
Operation of a Light Battery     
Terrill Family Tree     
I -William Henry Terrill     
INCLUDING JEREMIAH MORTON TERRILL, SARAH JANE TERRILL MCDANNALD AND JOHN
ALLEN TERRILL
II -George Parker Terrill     
III -Emily Cornelia Clay Terrill (and George Alexander Porterfield)     
IV -William Rufus Terrill     
V -James Barbour Terrill     
VI -Philip Mallory Terrill     
Appendix I: Address at the Burial of Brig. Gen. William R. Terrill     
Appendix II: Terrill Burial Monument Myth     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index