A portrait of reluctant Confederate officer Matt Ransom who resigned from the North Carolina House of Commons in 1861 to join the war. Biographer Marlow documents Ransom's belief that slavery was doomed, the action at Fort Sumter which drove him toward the military, his experiences in battle, and his return to North Carolina where, despite hardships, he worked to rebuild his plantations. Includes maps. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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A portrait of reluctant Confederate officer Matt Ransom who resigned from the North Carolina House of Commons in 1861 to join the war. Biographer Marlow documents Ransom's belief that slavery was doomed, the action at Fort Sumter which drove him toward the military, his experiences in battle, and his return to North Carolina where, despite hardship
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