They lived on either side of Tug fork: "Devil Anse" Hatfield of West Virginia and Randolph McCoy of Kentucky.  Two families of spirited stock locked together in a deadly private feud.  What was the cause of the bitter quarrel that threw the entire country into alarm, waiting for the crack of the next rifle.  For the first time, here is the real story - a tale more astounding than any fiction, of one of the most blood-curdling events in American history.

The Hatfields and the McCoys

Jones, Virgil Carrington

Ballantine Books

They lived on either side of Tug fork: "Devil Anse" Hatfield of West Virginia and Randolph McCoy of Kentucky. Two families of spirited stock locked together in a deadly private feud. What was the cause of the bitter quarrel that threw the entire country into alarm, waiting for the crack of the next rifle. For the first time, here is the real story - a tale more astounding than any fiction, of one of the most blood-curdling events in American history.

University of North Carolina

Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders

The most definitive volume on guerrilla warfare during the Civil War features a foreword by the distinguished scholar Bruce Catton and 22 photos and maps. Gray Ghosts introduces a cast of daring and dashing Southern soldiers: John Singleton Mosby, Turner Ashby, and Harry Gilmore, among others. These men used irregular troops and even more irregular methods against the invading Union Army. A fast-paced narrative describes daredevil acts performed by these small, bold bands of fighters, and shows how, over and over again, they managed to thwart Union efforts. Defiant to the end, the “gray ghosts” and rebel raiders resisted surrender after Appomattox and continued to fight until all hope was gone.

History

Americas

Promontory

During the years 186465, Col. John S. Mosby and his rebel rangers tormented Union troops in Northern Virginia. This definitive account of the crafty, flamboyant partisan and the havoc he raised is an out-and-out page turner.

Ranger Mosby

EPM Pubns Inc

The exploits of the Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War were real and damaging, but the men themselves appeared only briefly on hilltops before disappearing into the mist. Jones's much-praised account of these courageous and unpredictable partisans has changed interpretations of the war's final stage.

For 11 years, I was closely associated with the Cairo project, and I know how difficult it is to place the undertaking in its proper perspective and to dispassionately evaluate its historical significance. I was accordingly delighted to learn that Virgil Carrington Jones, who needs no introduction to readers interested in Civil War partisan operations and action afloat, had agreed to chronicle the story of the Cairo and her rendezvous with destiny on the Yazoo in December 1862; and that Harold L. Peterson, whose publications on arms and armament are legion, would survey, describe, and evaluate the thousands of artifacts recovered. Jones and Peterson, as the readers of this booklet will discover, have written of the Cairo and her treasure trove of artifacts with keen insight and understanding. Their accounts will spark the reader's interest, and, in conjunction with the salvaged objects themselves, lead to a better understanding of how bluejackets lived and fought in our Civil War. Edwin C. Bearss Chief Historian National Park Service

U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat

National Park Service

Peterson. Harold L.

University Press of the Pacific

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The Hatfields and the McCoys

The Hatfields and the McCoys

Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders

Ranger Mosby

Gray Ghosts and Rebel Raiders

U.S.S. Cairo: The Story of a Civil War Gunboat