Chickasaw, a Mississippi Scout for the Union: The Civil War Memoir of Levi H. Naron, as Recounted by R. W. Surby

by Michael B. Ballard, Levi H. Naron, Athena Dixon

Book Overview

A well-to-do planter and slave owner in Chickasaw County, Mississippi, Levi Holloway Naron was an unlikely supporter of the Union. And yet, at the outbreak of war in 1861, his agitation against the Confederacy so outraged his fellow Mississippians that they drove him from his home. Bent on retaliation, Naron headed North, contacted the Union army, and was ushered into the presence of General William T. Sherman, who quickly saw the possibilities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807131016
• ISBN13: 9780807131015
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 8.3"