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    From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy’s View
    From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy’s View
    From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy’s View
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    From Bull Run to Appomattox: A Boy’s View

    By Luther W. Hopkins

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    This is a history of the Civil War written for his son by Luther W. Hopkins of General J.E.B. Stuart's Cavalry, 6th Virginia Regiment, C.S.A.” From the preface: “Historians have told us much about our Civil War, but they have left out the part that appeals most to the boy, and it is this part that I have tried to bring before the public."
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCharles River Editors
    Release dateMar 22, 2018
    ISBN9781508084501
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