Contested Borderland
Subtitle: The Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky And Virginia
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: March 2006
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780813123899
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; History of specific subjects; c 1800 to c 1900; History - General History; Civil War, 1861-1865; History; History - Military / War; United States - Civil War; History: American; Kentucky; Virginia; Campaigns; 19th century; Appalachian Region, Southern; Guerrilla warfare
First sentence: On 7 April 1857, John Gilmer, a student at Emory and Henry College near Abingdon, Virginia, began writing a composition entitled "The Glory and Shame of Americans."