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dc.contributor.advisorMcWhiney, Grady
dc.contributor.authorMays, Thomas Davidsonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-11T15:10:46Z
dc.date.available2019-10-11T15:10:46Z
dc.date.created1996en_US
dc.date.issued1996en_US
dc.identifieraleph-749854en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/33240
dc.description.abstractThroughout the Civil War, Champ Ferguson and his guerrilla gang fought in the foot hills and mountains of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia. Champ's enemies were his former friends, neighbors, and even relatives, who had chosen to fight for the Union. Their personal civil war degenerated into a bloody no quarter contest. Ferguson and his guerrillas fought along side some well known Confederate commanders, including General John. Hunt Morgan. By the last year of the war, General Joseph Wheeler attempted to bring Ferguson and his gang into the regular service. Champ rebelled in the army, and the October 1864 Saltville Massacre, in Southwest Virginia, was largely his work. The Confederates charged Ferguson with murder after the massacre, but were unable to bring him to trial by the end of the war. Afterwards, Ferguson continued to raid and kill along the border, and the Federal authorities branded him as an outlaw and refused to grant him parole. The Federals captured and court martialed Ferguson for being a murderer and guerrilla. Ferguson was found guilty and executed, becoming the only Confederate guerrilla prosecuted by the Federal authorities after the war.
dc.format.extentv, 243 leaves : mapen_US
dc.format.mediumFormat: Printen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.ispartofTexas Christian University dissertationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAS38.M3982en_US
dc.subject.lcshFerguson, Champ, 1821-1865en_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Underground movementsen_US
dc.titleCumberland blood: Champ Ferguson's civil waren_US
dc.typeTexten_US
etd.degree.departmentDepartment of History
etd.degree.levelDoctoral
local.collegeAddRan College of Liberal Arts
local.departmentHistory
local.academicunitDepartment of History
dc.type.genreDissertation
local.subjectareaHistory
dc.identifier.callnumberMain Stacks: AS38 .M3982 (Regular Loan)
dc.identifier.callnumberSpecial Collections: AS38 .M3982 (Non-Circulating)
etd.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy
etd.degree.grantorTexas Christian University


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