Watauga County, North Carolina, in the Civil War

by Michael C. Hardy

Book Overview

Some say that Watauga County's name comes from a word meaning beautiful waters," yet during the Civil War, events in this rugged western North Carolina region were far from beautiful. Hundreds of the county's sons left to fight gloriously for the Confederacy. This left the area open to hordes of plundering rogues from East Tennessee, including George W. Kirk's notorious band of thieves. While no large-scale battles took place there, Boone was the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1540232867
• ISBN13: 9781540232861
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: History Press Library Editions
• Length: 130 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"