Marching for Union : a Civil War soldier's walk across the Reconstruction South /
In January 1968, a Union veteran named Gilbert Bates set out from his Wisconsin farm for Vicksburg, Mississippi, to prove a point and win a bet, that he could safely walk across the post-Civil War South alone, unarmed, with no money, while carrying the flag of the United States.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Guilford, Connecticut :
Stackpole Books,
[2021]
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| Summary: | In January 1968, a Union veteran named Gilbert Bates set out from his Wisconsin farm for Vicksburg, Mississippi, to prove a point and win a bet, that he could safely walk across the post-Civil War South alone, unarmed, with no money, while carrying the flag of the United States. |
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| Physical Description: | vi, 253 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780811769884 0811769887 |