The Thin Light of Freedom: Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America by Edward L. Ayers

The Thin Light of Freedom: Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America

Edward L. Ayers

640 pages • first pub 2017 (view editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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Virginia’s Great Valley, prosperous in peace with a rich soil and an enslaved workforce, invited destruction in war. Voracious Union and Confederate armies ground up the valley, consuming crops, livestock, fences, and human life. Pitched battles a...

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