"The Civil War in the Smokies" by Noel Fisher, published by The Great Smoky Mountains Association, 2005, first edition, second printing; illustrated.

Soft cover, 6" x 8"; 190 pages including Index, illustrated with historic photos and maps, tight binding, very good / fine condition.

Prize-winning author Noel Fisher eloquently describes the violence and depredations of the Civil War on the people who lived in and near the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee and western North Carolina. The book describes hard fought battles, the actions of bushwackers, guerrillas, deserters, and home guards, and the devastating impacts on mountain families. Includes extensive index and notes.

The area that is now part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a surprising and often untold Civil War history. As the author Noel Fisher puts it "This was a war where men rode to the house of a neighbor they had known for many years, called him to the door and shot him dead; where other men left homes and wives and children and trekked north in cold and rain to serve the army and cause of their choice; where still others served in poorly supplied, poorly equipped, nearly forgotten units to protect border and home..."

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