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We Once Met by Chance: Four Life Stories During the American Civil War
We Once Met by Chance: Four Life Stories During the American Civil War
We Once Met by Chance: Four Life Stories During the American Civil War
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We Once Met by Chance: Four Life Stories During the American Civil War follows four peoples lives during the American Civil WarJohn S. Mosby, Charles Russell Lowell, Laura Ratcliffe, and James Robinson.

Col. John S. Mosby was a Confederate officer from Virginia, assigned to lead guerrilla activities outside the city of Washington. His mission was to keep the Union soldiers stationed there rather than fighting in the field against the army of Northern Virginia under General Robert E. Lee.

Charles Russell Lowell of Massachusetts was a Harvard graduate from a prominent abolitionist family. He joined the Union army, eventually becoming the colonel of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry. He was sent to Virginia to capture or kill Mosby.

Laura Ratcliffe was a young Southern lady living in Northern Virginia. She supported her home state of Virginia during the war in any way she could, including spying for Colonel Mosby.

James Robinson was an African-American man living with his family in Manassas, Virginia. The land that he owned and lived on would become the central part of the battleground for two of the major battles during the war.

We Once Met by Chance is the story of the Civil War from the perspective of these four individuals. Readers learn about their lives, their families, and their aspirations during these tumultuous four years in American history.

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Release dateMar 27, 2018
ISBN9781489715739
We Once Met by Chance: Four Life Stories During the American Civil War
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Charles V. Mauro

Mr. Mauro is the author and photographer of Herndon: A Town and Its History, Herndon: A History in Images and The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill): A Monumental Storm, for which he received the Nan Netherton Heritage Award for his historical research, writing and photography. He is also the writer and co-producer of the independent film The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill), based on his book. Chuck is a past president of the Herndon Historical Society and is a member of the Historic Centreville Society, Ltd., the Bull Run and Capital Hill Civil War Round Tables, the Friends of Fort Ward, the Louisiana Historical Association Memorial Hall Foundation, Inc., the National Center for Civil War Photography and the Civil War Preservation Trust. He is also a member and past president of the Manassas Warrenton Camera Club and has won numerous prizes for his photography. Mr. Mauro received a Bachelor of Science from the University of Maryland and a Masters in Business Administration from Temple University. He is currently a manager at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He lives with his wife in Herndon, Virginia.

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