(CIVIL WAR.) Hale, Jonathan D. Champ Furguson: The Border Rebel, and Thief, Robber...
(CIVIL WAR.) Hale, Jonathan D. Champ Furguson: The Border Rebel, and Thief, Robber & Murderer. 24 pages. 8vo, stitched; title page toned and soiled, moderate foxing, vertical fold throughout. Cincinnati, 1864
The history of the Confederate guerrilla Champ Ferguson (1821-1865) who terrorized Tennessee, allegedly killing more than 100 Lincolnites including civilians. The author gives several detailed examples, noting "Most of the murdered men were my acquaintances, some were near neighbors in Tennessee, and nearly all the accounts of murders have been given me by eye-witnesses, in most cases by some member or members of the family." Nevins, page II:223. One in OCLC and none known at auction.
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(CIVIL WAR.) Hale, Jonathan D. Champ Furguson: The Border Rebel, and Thief, Robber & Murderer. 24 pages. 8vo, stitched; title page toned and soiled, moderate foxing, vertical fold throughout. Cincinnati, 1864
The history of the Confederate guerrilla Champ Ferguson (1821-1865) who terrorized Tennessee, allegedly killing more than 100 Lincolnites including civilians. The author gives several detailed examples, noting "Most of the murdered men were my acquaintances, some were near neighbors in Tennessee, and nearly all the accounts of murders have been given me by eye-witnesses, in most cases by some member or members of the family." Nevins, page II:223. One in OCLC and none known at auction.