Dr. J.G.M. Ramsey; Autobiography and Let

by James Gettys McGready Ramsey

Book Overview

Born in 1796, James Gettys McGready Ramsey was a man of broad talents who left a permanent imprint on Tennessee. He was a physician, public servant, religious leader, banker, railroad advocate, and tireless scholar of early Tennessee history. A states-rights Democrat, he enthusiastically supported secession in 1861 and later served the Confederacy as a treasury agent and field surgeon. But East Tennessee was deeply divided over the war, and many in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572331739
• ISBN13: 9781572331730
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 8.6"