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From Follett
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-388) and index.;In John Brown's shadow : October-December 1859 -- Loudoun : a county on the edge -- The debatable land (1856-1859) -- The advent of Father Abraham : January 1860-March 1861 -- Secession : April-May 1861 -- First blood : June-July 1861 -- The occupation of Waterford : August-September 1861 -- The Battle of Ball's Bluff : October 1861 -- General Hill digs in : November-December 1861 -- Elijah White's "Loudoun Rebels " : January-February 1862 -- The yanks arrive : March 1862 -- "Then we were left alone" : April-May 1862 -- Captain Means and the Loudoun Rangers : June-July 1862 -- The Rangers baptized : August 1862 -- The Antietam Campaign : September 1862 -- Return of the bluecoats : October 1862 -- "Between union and chaos" : November-December 1862 -- Guerrillas, bushwhackers, and rogues : January-February 1863 -- Retaliation : March-April 1863 -- The rebels return : may-June 1863 -- After Gettysburg : July 1863 -- Fight on Walker's Hill and other "disasters" : August 1863 -- Hostage : September 1863 -- Elijah White's departure : October 1863 -- Harvesting the spoils : November-December 1863 -- Blockaded : January-February 1864 -- Captain Means loses his command : March-April 1864 -- The Waterford News : May 1864 -- "The demon, war" : June 1864 -- Jubal Early's Raid : July 1864 -- Sheridan takes command : August 1864 -- "A state of quietude unknown" : September-October 1864 -- The "Burning Raid" : November-december 1864 -- Federal camp at Lovettsville : January-February 1865 -- Final campaigns : March-April 1865 -- An elusive victory : May-October 1865 -- Epilogue. "Lying between the Blue Ridge Mountains, Harpers Ferry, and Washington, D.C., the Loudoun Valley provided a natural corridor for Civil War commanders on both sides, while its mountainous fringes were home to partisans, guerillas, deserters and smugglers. This military history examines the conflicting loyalties in the farming communities, the Quakers caught in the middle, and Unionist Virginia"--Provided by publisher.
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The northern part of Loudoun County was a Unionist enclave in Confederate Virginia that remained a contested battleground for armies and factions of all stripes throughout the Civil War. Lying between the Blue Ridge Mountains, Harpers Ferry, and Washington, D.C., the Loudoun Valley provided a natural corridor for commanders on both sides, while its mountainous fringes were home to partisans, guerillas, deserters and smugglers. This detailed history examines the conflicting loyalties in the farming communities, the peaceful Quakers caught in the middle, and the political underpinnings of Unionist Virginia.