The Saltville Massacre

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  • The Saltville Massacre Book Detail

  • Author : Thomas D. Mays
  • Release Date : 1995
  • Publisher : TX A&m-McWhiney Foundation
  • Genre : African American soldiers
  • Pages : 0
  • ISBN 13 : 9781886661059
  • File Size : 28,28 MB

The Saltville Massacre by Thomas D. Mays PDF Summary

Book Description: In October 1864, in the mountains of southwest Virginia, one of the most brutal acts of the Civil War occurs. Brig. Gen. Stephen Burbridge launches a raid to capture Saltville. Included among his forces is the 5th U.S. Colored Cavalry. Repeated Federal attacks are repulsed by Confederate forces under the command of Gen. John S. Williams. As the sun begins to set, Burbridge pulls his troops from the field, leaving many wounded. In the morning, Confederate troops, including a company of ruffians under the command of Captain Champ Ferguson, advance over the battleground seeking out and killing the wounded black soldiers. What starts as a small but intense mountain battle degenerates into a no-quarter, racial massacre. A detailed account from eyewitness reports of the most blatant battlefield atrocity of the war.

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The Saltville Massacre

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In October 1864, in the mountains of southwest Virginia, one of the most brutal acts of the Civil War occurs. Brig. Gen. Stephen Burbridge launches a raid to ca

Saltville

Saltville

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Saltville, Virginia, lies on the banks of the North Fork of the Holston River on the border between Smyth and Washington Counties. Its history began very long a