Sacrifices of the Porters - Bishop, Randy
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Sacrifices of the Porters examines the exploits and contributions of three brothers who volunteered to serve, and paid the ultimate price, in the War Between the States. Leaving their West Tennessee home and family, the Porter boys became members of three separate unitsthe Eleventh Mississippi, the Twenty-Ninth Mississippi, and the First Confederate Cavalry Regiment. In turn, these young men and their comrades saw action in some of the wars most intense battles. Sadly, each of the Porter brothers was killed in the course of the war, and their bodies were hastily placed into unmarked graves.…mehr

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Sacrifices of the Porters examines the exploits and contributions of three brothers who volunteered to serve, and paid the ultimate price, in the War Between the States. Leaving their West Tennessee home and family, the Porter boys became members of three separate unitsthe Eleventh Mississippi, the Twenty-Ninth Mississippi, and the First Confederate Cavalry Regiment. In turn, these young men and their comrades saw action in some of the wars most intense battles. Sadly, each of the Porter brothers was killed in the course of the war, and their bodies were hastily placed into unmarked graves. Their plights and sacrifices are carefully recorded through the use of family letters, additional primary sources, and other historical documents.
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Autorenporträt
A retired Tennessee teacher, Randy Bishop now teaches for the North Tippah School District in Mississippi and serves as an adjunct history professor for Jackson State Community College. He is president of the local library board and a city councilman in his hometown. Bishop is a member of several historical associations and preservation groups and has previously published articles as well as ten books, including The Tennessee Brigade, Tennessee's Civil War Battlefields, Mississippi's Civil War Battlefields, Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields, Civil War Generals of Tennessee, A Civil War Devotional, Mississippi's Civil War Generals, Sacrifices of the Porters, and The Trail, and Marching for Union. Randy and his wife Sharon, also a teacher, reside in Middleton, Tennessee and are the parents of two grown sons, Jay and Ben.