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Matt W. Ransom, Confederate General from North Carolina - Hardcover

Marlow, Clayton Charles

 
9780786402731: Matt W. Ransom, Confederate General from North Carolina

Synopsis

A portrait of reluctant Confederate officer Matt Ransom who resigned from the North Carolina House of Commons in 1861 to join the war. Biographer Marlow documents Ransom's belief that slavery was doomed, the action at Fort Sumter which drove him toward the military, his experiences in battle, and his return to North Carolina where, despite hardships, he worked to rebuild his plantations. Includes maps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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About the Author

The late Clayton Charles Marlow lived in Jackson, North Carolina.

Review

"his depiction of Ransom's increasingly desperate [fight] against increasingly greater odds...is most effective" -- Crossfire

"smooth and easy reading" -- Civil War Regiments

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