The Quaker Sergeant's War: The Civil War Diary of Sergeant David M. Haworth

by Gene Allen

The Civil War posed a dilemma for American Quakers, who abhorred slavery as much as they hated violence. Fighting for the Confederacy was unthinkable. The situation for the citizens of East Tennessee--most of whom voted against secession--was especially vexed. Faced with conscription into the Confederate Army, David Haworth, two of his brothers, and a group of friends walked from their home in East Tennessee into Kentucky, moving by night to avoid...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875657257
• ISBN13: 9780875657257
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Texas Christian University Press
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"