The Butcher's Cleaver: (A Tale of the Confederate Secret Services.) - Couverture souple

Lang, W. Patrick

 
9780595474769: The Butcher's Cleaver: (A Tale of the Confederate Secret Services.)
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ISBN 10 : 0595474764 ISBN 13 : 9780595474769
Editeur : iUniverse, 2007

Synopsis

The Devereuxs of Alexandria, Virginia were moderate people. The eldest son seemed the most moderate of all.Claude Devereux wanted no part of secession. None of his family wanted Virginia to leave the Union. This family of bankers owned no slaves and believed slavery to be an institution to be rid of. The Devereux wanted to be left alone in their private world.Nevertheless, they found Virginia's decision to secede compelling and the Lincoln Administration's decision to "suppress rebellion" in the South to be unacceptable.Family separation and exile from their home had been the inevitable result. Some family members sided with the Union, but the overwhelming majority "went South" into the 17th Virginia Infantry, the Alexandria Regiment.In the third year of the war, the crushing forces of greater manpower, the naval blockade and the world's largest industrial base were steadily driving the Confederacy to its knees.Desperate times demand desperate measures. In such times who could be better placed for action against disaster than a family of merchant bankers?In that year of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg, something had to "be done". Some gateway leading out of the maze had to be found.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The Devereuxs of Alexandria, Virginia were moderate people. The eldest son seemed the most moderate of all.Claude Devereux wanted no part of secession. None of his family wanted Virginia to leave the Union. This family of bankers owned no slaves and believed slavery to be an institution to be rid of. The Devereux wanted to be left alone in their private world.Nevertheless, they found Virginia's decision to secede compelling and the Lincoln Administration's decision to "suppress rebellion" in the South to be unacceptable.Family separation and exile from their home had been the inevitable result. Some family members sided with the Union, but the overwhelming majority "went South" into the 17th Virginia Infantry, the Alexandria Regiment.In the third year of the war, the crushing forces of greater manpower, the naval blockade and the world's largest industrial base were steadily driving the Confederacy to its knees.Desperate times demand desperate measures. In such times who could be better placed for action against disaster than a family of merchant bankers?In that year of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg, something had to "be done". Some gateway leading out of the maze had to be found.

Biographie de l'auteur

W. Patrick Lang is a retired high level military intelligence officer, a life long student of the American Civil War and the Lincoln assassination. He is a widely published author and military consultant. His broad experience of combat and of the espionage world uniquely combine to give him special insight into the realities of such events across time. He lives with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595474764
ISBN 13 
9780595474769
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
436
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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