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John Hunt Morgan and His Raiders /
Whether one things of him as dashing cavalier or shameless horse thief, it is impossible not to regard John Hunt Morgan as a fascinating figure of the Civil War. He collected his Raiders at first from the prominent families of Kentucky, though later the exploits of the group were to attract a less e...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
[1985]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Whether one things of him as dashing cavalier or shameless horse thief, it is impossible not to regard John Hunt Morgan as a fascinating figure of the Civil War. He collected his Raiders at first from the prominent families of Kentucky, though later the exploits of the group were to attract a less elite class of recruits. Morgan was able to lead these men into the most dangerous adventures by convincing them that the honor of the South was at stake; yet he did not always succeed in appealing to that sense of honor when temptations of easy theft drew the Raiders from military objectives to w. |
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| Item Description: | "First published in 1975 as a volume of The Kentucky Bicentennial bookshelf"--Title page verso |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (152 pages): illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780813146690 |