{"product_id":"2940016401126","title":"Bushwhackers: The Civil War in North Carolina: The Mountains","description":"\u003ci\u003eBushwhackers\u003c\/i\u003e tells the startling and little-known story of America's bloodiest war as it was fought in the mountains of North Carolina. Much of the story of the war remains alive in the generational memories and oral traditions of the mountain people. Mountain families whose roots go back that far still speak of the dark night on a backwoods road when great-great-grandfather was cut down by bushwhackers, or of that raw morning when great-great-grandmother stood on her front porch and watched a patrol of Thomas's Highland Legion--full-blooded Cherokee warriors--ride by with fresh Union scalps dangling from their saddle horns.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the courageous exploits of soldiers and citizens to the atrocities committed by pro-Union and pro-Confederate factions, the mountain war in North Carolina represented both the best and worst of the South. In the mountains, where sentiments on both sides were strongly held, internecine warfare broke out. Bloody skirmishes were fought between Unionist and Confederate guerrillas. Family feuds erupted into ever-widening circles of violence and revenge. And countless numbers of men, women, and children were caught in the crossfire of conflicting loyalties.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBushwhackers\u003c\/i\u003e recounts hundreds of incidents that brought the war home to the mountains of the Old North State. Some are violent, some humorous; some are heroic, some shameful. From the opening shots of the war to the vicious acts of vengeance that continued for months and even years after the war ended, Bushwhackers relates the tragic and rarely told tale of how the Civil War was fought among the proud mountain people of North Carolina.","brand":"Blair, John F. Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071315230960,"sku":"2940016401126","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016401126_p0.jpg?v=1763634980","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016401126","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}