Marching for Union : a Civil War soldier's walk across the Reconstruction South /
In January 1968, a Union veteran named Gilbert Bates set out from his Wisconsin farm for Vicksburg, Mississippi, to prove a point and win a bet, that he could safely walk across the post-Civil War South alone, unarmed, with no money, while carrying the flag of the United States.
Main Author: | Bishop, Randy (Author) |
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Format: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Stackpole Books,
[2021]
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