General Jo Shelby: Undefeated Rebel

by Daniel E. Sutherland and Daniel O'Flaherty

Book Overview

This vivid work, first published by UNC Press in 1954, reveals General Joseph Orville Shelby as one of the best Confederate cavalry leaders--and certainly the most colorful.
Born in Lexington, Kentucky, but drawn by the promise of the growing West, Shelby became one of the richest men in Missouri. Siding with the Confederacy at the outbreak of the Civil War, he organized his Iron Brigade of cavalry--whose ranks included Frank and Jesse James--taught...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807848786
• ISBN13: 9780807848784
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.3"