- 24 tales handed down by word-of-mouth detail life behind enemy lines during the Civil War
- Expanded 2nd edition includes four more vignettes and photos and updates to previous entries
- Quick-thinking residents used the fear of smallpox to spare a tavern from Union torches
- 128 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- 1. The Bloomer
- 2. A Safe Place
- 3. Behind Enemy Lines and Other Family Stories
- 4. Tales from Slave Times
- 5. Confederate Hip Boots and Other Stories
- 6. Baptized
- 7. Saving the Tavern
- 8. Mary’s Warning
- 9. Cornstalk Muskets and Ta-tum, Ta-tum, Ta-tum
- 10. Naming Slaves
- 11. Mrs. Kelly’s Cow
- 12. A Sleeping Hog
- 13. Yankee Hole
- 14. Crossing the River
- 15. Saving the Records
- 16. A Christmas Ham
- 17. The Burning of Barrick’s Mill
- 18. Two Men with Different Fates
- 19. Recollections from Charlie Palmer
- 20. A Dark Night and a Bright Light
- 21. A Tale of Two Slaves
- 22. A Bloody Day
- 23. A Life-or-Death Choice
- 24. The Last Word
- Notes
- Index
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