West Virginia's War - The Civil War in Documents

This perspective on the creation of West Virginia during the Civil War challenges the conventional historiographical emphasis on military battles by highlighting the significance of transportation networks and citizen allegiances.

About the author

William Kerrigan is a professor of history at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio. For twenty years he has been leading Civil War study tours for college students to West Virginia, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, and he teaches courses on the American Civil War, the early national and antebellum United States, and American environmental history. In addition to West Virginia's War, he is the author of Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History.

Summary

This perspective on the creation of West Virginia during the Civil War challenges the conventional historiographical emphasis on military battles by highlighting the significance of transportation networks and citizen allegiances.

Product details

• Authors: William (EDT) Kerrigan
• Assisted by: William Kerrigan (Editor)
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2025
• EAN: 9780821426401
• ISBN: 978-0-8214-2640-1
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: Civil War in the Great Interior
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous