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Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

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Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Although the Valley was a site of fierce conflicts during the Civil War and its military activity has been extensively studied, scholars have largely ignored the Black experience in the region until now. Correcting previous assumptions that slavery was not important to the Valley, and that enslaved people were treated better there than in other parts of the South, Jonathan Noyalas demonstrates the strong hold of slavery in the region. He explains that during the war, enslaved and free African Americans navigated a borderland that changed hands frequently—where it was possible to be in Union territory one day, Confederate territory the next, and no-man’s land another. He shows that the region’s enslaved population resisted slavery and supported the Union war effort by serving as scouts, spies, and laborers, or by fleeing to enlist in regiments of the United States Colored Troops. Noyalas draws on untapped primary resources, including thousands of records from the Freedmen’s Bureau and contemporary newspapers, to continue the story and reveal the challenges African Americans faced from former Confederates after the war. He traces their actions, which were shaped uniquely by the volatility of the struggle in this region, to ensure that the war’s emancipationist legacy would survive. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

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University Press of Florida

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0813072670

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9780813072678

The Battle of Cedar Creek: Victory from the Jaws of Defeat

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

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The Battle of Cedar Creek: Victory from the Jaws of Defeat

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

Nestled between the Allegheny and Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia's Shenandoah Valley enjoyed tremendous prosperity before the Civil War. This valuable stretch of land--called the Breadbasket of the Confederacy due to its rich soil and ample harvests--became the source of many conflicts between the Confederate and Union armies. Of the thirteen major battles fought here, none was more influential than the Battle of Cedar Creek. On October 19, 1864, General Philip Sheridan's Union troops finally gained control of the valley, which eliminated the Shenandoah as a supply source for Confederate forces in Virginia, ended the valley's role as a diversionary theater of war and stopped its use as an avenue of invasion into the North. Civil War historian, preservationist, and author Jonathan A. Noyalas explains the battle and how it aided Abraham Lincoln's reelection campaign and defined Sheridan's enduring legacy.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614230412

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9781614230410

Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah

Remembrance, Reunion & Reconciliation

By: Jonathan A Noyalas

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Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah

Remembrance, Reunion & Reconciliation

By: Jonathan A Noyalas

This regional history examines the process of mourning and reconciliation for the people of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in the aftermath of the Civil War. After four bloody years of Civil War battles, the inhabitants of the Shenandoah Valley needed to muster the strength to recover, rebuild and reconcile. Most residents had supported the Confederate cause, and in order to heal the deep wounds of war, they would need to resolve differences with Union veterans. Union veterans memorialized their service. Confederate veterans agreed to forgive but not forget. And each side was key to the rebuilding effort. The battlefields of the Shenandoah, where men sacrificed their lives, became places for veterans to find common ground and healing through remembrance. In Civil War Legacy in Shenandoah, historian and professor Jonathan A. Noyalas examines the evolution of attitudes among former soldiers as the Shenandoah Valley sought to find its place in the aftermath of national tragedy.

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192

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Arcadia Publishing

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1625854315

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"My Will Is Absolute Law"

A Biography of Union General Robert H. Milroy

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

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"My Will Is Absolute Law"

A Biography of Union General Robert H. Milroy

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

When the South fired the first shot of the Civil War in April 1861, hundreds of volunteers flocked to answer President Lincoln's call to arms, anxious to defend their country and uphold the sanctity of the Union. Among these first volunteers was Robert H. Milroy. Determined to obtain a military education and denied his wish to attend West Point, Milroy had at last secured a position to attend Captain Partridge's Military Academy at Norwich University in Vermont. After graduating, however, he was thwarted time and again in his desire for a military career, quickly discovering that military appointments tended to favor West Point graduates. A fervent abolitionist and dedicated patriot, Milroy craved military action and viewed the Civil War as his long-awaited opportunity to achieve the glorious reputation he so ardently desired. Compiled from primary sources such as Milroy's correspondence and the letters of those who knew him, this biography details the life and times of General Robert H. Milroy. Although perhaps not one of the major players on the stage of Civil War drama, Milroy was one of the staunchest defenders not only of the Union but of the Emancipation Proclamation as well. Focusing primarily on Milroy's Civil War career, this work serves to provide information about lesser known operations in western Virginia during 1861 and 1862 as well as illustrate the bonds that formed between commanders and their men. It also provides a case study of how an abolitionist general enforced his will in various regions throughout the Confederacy. Appendices contain a portion of Milroy's unfinished autobiography and a list of troops commanded by Milroy in combat.

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McFarland

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0786425083

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The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah

The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Spring, July 17-18, 1864

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

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The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah

The 1864 Valley Campaign’s Battle of Cool Spring, July 17-18, 1864

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

Decades after the Civil War’s end, Confederate veteran John Alexander Stikeleather reflected on his experiences as a soldier in the 4th North Carolina Infantry. He had served in many engagements during his four years of service, but there was one in particular that Stikeleather believed should “never be forgotten”: Cool Spring. While largely overlooked or treated as a footnote to Gen. Jubal A. Early’s raid on Washington in the summer of 1864, the fight at Cool Spring, which one soldier characterized as “a sharp and obstinate affair,” proved critical to Washington’s immediate safety. The virtually unknown combat became a transformative moment for those who fought along the banks of the Shenandoah River in what ultimately became the war’s largest and bloodiest engagement in Clarke County, Virginia. The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah examines Gen. Horatio Wright’s pursuit of Jubal Early into the Shenandoah and the clash on July 17–18, 1864. It analyzes the decisions of leaders on both sides, explores the environment’s impact on the battle, and investigates how the combat impacted the soldiers and their families—in its immediate aftermath and for decades thereafter. Years of archival research—including an investigation into the backgrounds of the Union and Confederate soldiers who perished in the fighting—coupled with intimate knowledge of the battlefield helps preserve the memory of the fight that should “never be forgotten.” Author Jonathan Noyalas’s study offers not only a history of an overlooked engagement in the oft-contested Shenandoah Valley, but—as Pulitzer Prize finalist Brian Matthew Jordan notes in the book’s Foreword—“a keen reminder that Civil War battles are rich laboratories in which to observe the human experience in all its complexity.”

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Savas Beatie

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1611217164

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Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign

War Comes to the Homefront

By: Jonathan A Noyalas

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Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign

War Comes to the Homefront

By: Jonathan A Noyalas

Virginia's Shenandoah Valley was known as the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy" due to its ample harvests and transportation centers, its role as an avenue of invasion into the North and its capacity to serve as a diversionary theater of war. The region became a magnet for both Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War, and nearly half of the thirteen major battles fought in the valley occurred as part of General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign. Civil War historian Jonathan A. Noyalas examines Jackson's Valley Campaign and how those victories brought hope to an infant Confederate nation, transformed the lives of the Shenandoah Valley's civilians and emerged as Stonewall Jackson's defining moment.

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Arcadia Publishing

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1614230404

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The Battle of Fisher's Hill: Breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

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The Battle of Fisher's Hill: Breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

A fascinating documentation of the Battle of Fisher's Hill, explaining this pivotal Civil War battle and its implications for nearby civilians. The Battle of Fisher's Hill created a greater opportunity to destroy harvests from the "Breadbasket of the Confederacy" than any other Union victory in the hotly contested Shenandoah Valley. Union major general Philip Sheridan's men forced Confederate lieutenant general Jubal A. Early's smaller force to retreat, leading to the burning of barns and mills across the region. In this first-ever book focused on this engagement, Civil War historian Jonathan A. Noyalas explains the battle, its effect on area civilians and its meaning to both sides, as well as the battlefield's important role in postwar reunion and reconciliation.

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1625846509

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"My Will Is Absolute Law"

A Biography of Union General Robert H. Milroy

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

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A Biography of Union General Robert H. Milroy

By: Jonathan A. Noyalas

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Book's by Jonathan A. Noyalas

Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era

Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era

The Battle of Cedar Creek: Victory from the Jaws of Defeat

The Battle of Cedar Creek: Victory from the Jaws of Defeat

Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah

Civil War Legacy in the Shenandoah

"My Will Is Absolute Law"

"My Will Is Absolute Law"

The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah

The Blood-Tinted Waters of the Shenandoah

Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign

Stonewall Jackson's 1862 Valley Campaign

The Battle of Fisher's Hill: Breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar

The Battle of Fisher's Hill: Breaking the Shenandoah Valley's Gibraltar

"My Will Is Absolute Law"

"My Will Is Absolute Law"

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