Tattered Uniforms/Bright Bayonets-Dickinson-West Virginia's Confederate Soldiers
Tattered Uniforms and Bright Bayonets - West Virginia's Confederate Soldiers. Large, thick 8vo in gray cloth, gilt titles. The hearty farmers of western Virginia who enlisted in the Virginia State Forces or the Confederate Army could not have foreseen that there counties would forge a new state in 1863. Overnight these men became "from enemy territory" as their state entered the Union as a Norther State... This scarce and important book gives a complete roster of the 16,000 men who were Confederate soldiers from West Virginia.
It lists them giving county of origin, regiment and rank. Most [a bit over 75% of the book is made up of this roster]. The first quarter of the book explains Confederate Army unit organization , with background information on the state before the Civil War. A high quality & well researched book that belongs in the library of any serious Civil War, or West Virginia historian. The item "Tattered Uniforms/Bright Bayonets-Dickinson-West Virginia's Confederate Soldiers" is in sale since Sunday, January 19, 2020. This item is in the category "Books\Antiquarian & Collectible". The seller is "northcoastbooks" and is located in Lakewood, Ohio. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi arabia, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Costa rica, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint kitts and nevis, Turks and caicos islands, Bangladesh, Brunei darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macao, Martinique, Nicaragua, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Viet nam, Uruguay, Dominican republic, El salvador, Russian federation, South africa, Colombia, Antigua and barbuda, Saint lucia, Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman islands, Sri lanka, Maldives, Oman, Reunion.- Publisher: Marshall University Press
- Subject: Civil War
- Place of Publication: Huntington, WV
- Author: Jack L. Dickinson
- Topic: Confederate Soldiers of West Virginia
- Year Printed: 1995
- Special Attributes: Complete 16,000 man roster
- Binding: Hardcover