General Jo Shelby's March
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.14 (821 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1400068304 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-30 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Fascinating story about General Jo Shelby's post-Civil War march with hundreds of Southern soldiers into Mexico" according to RNS. It is sometimes said that "truth is often stranger than fiction," and this book certainly recounts such a case. While this well-written and fascinating account begins with telling of Shelby's privileged childhood and pre-Civil War business success and marriage in Missouri, the narrative picks up momentum with his defense of State's Rights and slavery that led to his role during the War as an enthusiastic and ruthless calvary commander.At war's end, being proud and stubborn, Shelby refused to accept the defeat of the South and persuades hundreds of men to join him in a 1,200 mile trek down thro. Tyler said Jo Shelby's adventures in Mexico. As a Civil War buff myself, little is known about the Confederate force that refused to surrender after the war ended, and what became of them when they marched south of the Rio Grande to offer their services to the French-backed emperor Maximilian and his French army in Mexico. Jo Shelby's adventures in Mexico As a Civil War buff myself, little is known about the Confederate force that refused to surrender after the war ended, and what became of them when they marched south of the Rio Grande to offer their services to the French-backed emperor Maximilian and his French army in Mexico. 300 men marched to hopefully become soldiers in a new nation, but their offer was rejected. Over the next 2 years, one by one, they trickled back to the United States as the political situation in Mexico and the upcoming departure of the French Army took place, as bandits and raiders destroyed their settlements and any. 00 men marched to hopefully become soldiers in a new nation, but their offer was rejected. Over the next "Jo Shelby's adventures in Mexico" according to Tyler. As a Civil War buff myself, little is known about the Confederate force that refused to surrender after the war ended, and what became of them when they marched south of the Rio Grande to offer their services to the French-backed emperor Maximilian and his French army in Mexico. Jo Shelby's adventures in Mexico As a Civil War buff myself, little is known about the Confederate force that refused to surrender after the war ended, and what became of them when they marched south of the Rio Grande to offer their services to the French-backed emperor Maximilian and his French army in Mexico. 300 men marched to hopefully become soldiers in a new nation, but their offer was rejected. Over the next 2 years, one by one, they trickled back to the United States as the political situation in Mexico and the upcoming departure of the French Army took place, as bandits and raiders destroyed their settlements and any. 00 men marched to hopefully become soldiers in a new nation, but their offer was rejected. Over the next 2 years, one by one, they trickled back to the United States as the political situation in Mexico and the upcoming departure of the French Army took place, as bandits and raiders destroyed their settlements and any. years, one by one, they trickled back to the United States as the political situation in Mexico and the upcoming departure of the French Army took place, as bandits and raiders destroyed their settlements and any. James W. Durney said An epic adventure. In 1865, many Americans face a difficult decision. Their side had lost a civil war and the future was uncertain.Most were anonymous soldiers, who simply went home. Others well known had a long history of incidents.These men worried that their war was far from over.Jo Shelby was one of these men. A General in the Confederate army, he achieved notoriety on several occasions.On the plus side, he had commanded the rear guard during Price's retreat from Missouri. This action cemented his reputation as a military man.However, he is associated with William Quantrill, "Bloody" Bill Anderson and Frank
After Appomattox, Shelby, declaring thathe would never surrender, headed for Mexico. With three hundred men, some from his fighting “Iron Brigade” regiment, others adventurers, fortune hunters, and deserters, the man Arthur refers to as “the last holdout of the Confederacy” made the treacherous twelve-hundred-mile trip.In thrilling and vivid detail, General Jo Shelby’s March describesthe dusty and dangerous trek through a lawless Texas swarming with desperadoes, into a Mexico teeming with Juárez&rs
Heavily reliant on the colorful writings of Shelby's friend John Edwards, Arthur's narrative paints Shelby's band as the last paladins. . The Xenophonesque trek mired them in another lost cause. They are forever protecting decent townsfolk against ruffians, fighting duels on points of honor, and making stands against hopeless odds; they even rescued a beautiful American woman from a bandit's clutches. (The author downplays clashing notes, like a Civil War incident in which Shelby's men massacred dozens of unarmed blacks.) Arthur's account is a bit shallow--and the Confederate