North Across the River

by Ruth Beaumont Cook

Book Overview

This is a competently told account of an overlooked episode in Civil War history. Roswell was Cherokee Indian territory until that people was forcibly relocated to Oklahoma in the 1830s. Thereafter,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1575870703
• ISBN13: 9781575870700
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Crane Hill Publishers
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Elizabeth Wood

I am glad to see this story come to the light of day. I dont remember the first time that I heard the story of the Roswell Women. It has been a part of our family history for as long as I can remember. My grear great grandmother Elizabeth Wood, her mother Margarett Sumner Wood and her mother Mary Ann Smith Sumner were all taken North to be "desposed of". Thank you Ms. Cook for a story well told. Very good book.

A Descendant of the Roswell Mill Workers: Hopkins Family

I recommend this book for everyone. I really enjoyed reading this book and would like to thank Ruth Beaumont Cook for writing this book and a beautiful job well done. I am glad Edwin M. Stanton the U.S. Secretary of War did not give "Cump" Sherman the permission he ask for: "But one thing is certain, there is a class of people, men, women, and children, who must be killed or banished before we can hope for peace and order even as far south as Tennessee." If he would have killed these people I would not be able to write this review. The book tells the story of some of my family; this is true history and my history. I truly do not know how many of members of my family were moved out of Georgia to the north but it would be interesting to know if anyone has more information about them. I have searched for my family tree information for over twenty-five years and I keep coming up against a brick wall at the Roswell Mill. My Great-Great Grandfather George W. Hopkins family worked at the Roswell Mill before and after the War Between the States. He worked in the Roswell Mill over 50 years. He had two sons in the "Roswell Guards", George T. Hopkins and Daniel D. Hopkins. He and his youngest son William "Bill" Charles Marion Hopkins fought with the Co. A. Roswell Battalion, Georgia Cavalry, which merged with the 24th Alabama Cavalry Battalion Co. B, Co. A Georgia and later merged with the 53rd Alabama Cavalry Regiment, Partisan Rangers all three cavalry units served in General Joseph Wheeler's Cavalry Corps. . I hope Ruth Beaumont Cook receives so much more information that she will have to write another book on this subject. I salute her on a job well done and I enjoyed every word.

With this book, history is actually enjoyable!

I'm normally the type to enjoy historical books, but they also normally put me to sleep. Not so with "North Across the River"! When I delved into the tale that Cook spins, I couldn't stop! It was obvious that the author did an incredible amount of research and fact-checking in the process of writing this book. Two thumbs up for an excellent historical novel that kept me interested!

North Across the River

Half of my ancestry fought on the North side of the Civil War, and the other half struggled for the South. I have felt like a mother whose two children were fighting to the death. Ruth Beaumont Cook portrays a refreshingly unique aspect of the suffering caused by the fighting between the States. "North Across the River" tells of the suffering of women and children who were captured and forced to leave their homes and travel on wagons and trains to the North side of the Ohio River. Their only crime: They kept the textile mills running while their men were away at war. Sherman called it "Treason," because they were making clothing for the Confederate soldiers. Readers who sympathize with either side of the War Between the States will surely agree that William Tecumseh Sherman far exceeded his military authority by driving women and children into devastating, humiliating hardship. "North Across the River" is not a Civil War book just for Southerners. It speaks to all mankind with a conscience. Ms. Cook not only did extensive research into the situation, she became acquainted with the ancestors of those characters who supplied her with pictures, facts, and nostalgia which she intricately wove into a stunning novel.

A Book everyone (history buff or not) will enjoy

I am a history buff and I thought I knew everything about the Civil War from school but I was wrong.When I read this book it changed my view of the war because she wrote down stuff that no one would have known of except the ones who lived it.It was the best book I have ever read.Even though she is my aunt its just that I never knew it was like anything like the indians trail of tears because they dont teach you things like this in school.So I recommend this book to everyone history buff or not.