A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South [Paperback]

Jonathan Dean Sarris (Author)

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Paperback: 238 pages
Publisher: University of Virginia Press (July 27 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 081392555X
ISBN-13: 978-0813925554
Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
Shipping Weight: 363 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,108,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Americans think of the Civil War as a series of dramatic clashes between massive armies led by romantic-seeming leaders. But in the Appalachian communities of North Georgia, things were very different. Focusing on Fannin and Lumpkin counties in the Blue Ridge Mountains along Georgia's northern border, A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South argues for a more localized, idiosyncratic understanding of this momentous period in our nation's history. The book reveals that, for many participants, this war was fought less for abstract ideological causes than for reasons tied to home, family, friends, and community.Making use of a large trove of letters, diaries, interviews, government documents, and sociological data, Jonathan Dean Sarris brings to life a previously obscured version of our nation's most divisive and destructive war.

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5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, Jan 15 2007

By Ken Lautzenheiser "cwrtken" - Published on Amazon.com

This review is from: A Separate Civil War: Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South (Paperback)

The popular view of the civil war has been presented by biased historians with an interpretation that elevates leaders as gods. The other part of the story is the homes and families whose lives are changed as they live through the horrors of war. For some reason the other story has been revealed too little such as Trotter's book "Bushwhackers" and now Sarris.

I do not include "Cold Mountain" which is poor fiction and connects badly with historical accuracy except where it steals from previous work.

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