The Scout: A Tale of Sam Davis in the Civil War

by Charles Waller Tyler and Lucy Booker Roper

This book is a novel based on the capture and execution of "the boy hero of the Confederacy," Sam Davis of Tennessee. Invading Federal Troops of Grenville Dodge's Seventh Kansas "Jayhawk-ers" captured Davis, a member of the elite "Coleman Scouts" near Pulaski, Tennessee, and found in his boots and in his saddle bags information as to the strength of the Federal forces in Tennessee, their movements, and descriptions of the works at Nashville and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1502793059
• ISBN13: 9781502793058
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 387 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.9" x 6.0"