Books with author Byron A. Dunn

Throughout the following pages the threads of history and fiction are closely interwoven. The plot of the story is laid in the dark and stormy days of 1861, amid the waving trees and blue grass fields of Central Kentucky.No State wept more bitter tears at the commencement of the dreadful struggle between the North and the South than Kentucky. With loving arms she tried to encircle both, and when she failed, in the language of one of her most eloquent sons, "So intense was her agony that her great heart burst in twain."Resolutions of neutrality did little good. Sympathies and beliefs are not controlled by resolutions or laws, and never can be. Kentucky was divided into two great hostile camps. The Secession element was very active, and the Union men saw the State slowly but surely drifting into the arms of the Confederacy.Then it was that Lieutenant William Nelson of the United States navy, a well-known and very popular Kentuckian, asked the privilege of raising ten regiments of Kentucky troops. The request was granted, and Nelson at once commenced his task. Only a man of iron determination and the highest courage would have dared to undertake such a work. He became the object of the fiercest hatred and opposition,—even from many who professed to love the Union. But he never wavered in his purpose, and established a camp for his recruits at Dick Robinson, a few miles east of Danville.

CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI. THE QUARREL AND THE OATH15II. THE MEETING WITH NELSON22III. THE DAY AFTER BULL RUN34IV. THE TRIP TO NASHVILLE58V. FATHER AND SON80VI. THE FIGHT FOR THE ARMS98VII. THE FOILING OF A PLOT115VIII. A DARING DEED135IX. A LEAP FOR LIFE153X. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY167XI. CRAZY BILL SHERMAN187XII. A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER195XIII. THE MEETING OF THE COUSINS206XIV. THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRINGS227XV. A FIGHT WITH GUERRILLAS238XVI. FORT DONELSON253XVII. AFTER THE BATTLE267XVIII. "WE BOTH MUST DIE"279XIX. SHILOH294XX. "MY SON! MY SON!"311

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Excerpt from From Atlanta to the SeaWhile flavoring the story with a spice of romance, the author has been careful never to sacrifice truth to partisanship. So far as these tales depict the young hero's joys and sorrows, his woo ing and his wedding, their object is to entertain; but so far as they depict important events in the war, their aim is to instruct.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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