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To the ramparts of infinity : Colonel W. C. Falkner and the Ripley Railroad /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Elliott, Jack D., Jr., 1953- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2022]
Subjects:
Falkner, William C. > (William Clark), > 1825-1889.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Officers > Biography.
United States. > Army > Officers > Biography.
Authors, American > 19th century > Biography.
Mississippi > History > 19th century > Biography.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Settling the land: Cumberland Gap and beyond
  • Arrival in Mississippi
  • Things that go bump in the night: the McCannon Affair
  • Mexico: going to see the elephant
  • The Hindman feud
  • Building railroads
  • And history shall never forget you: the war, part 1
  • Belt of desolation: the war, part 2
  • Reconstruction and rebuilding
  • The railroad to Ripley
  • The railroad plods along
  • Novelist and world traveler
  • And beyond that: the railroad revived
  • The shooting
  • Aftermath: the later years of the railroad.