South from Appomattox (Shoal Creek Saga)

By Lanny L Bledsoe

The beginning of the Shoal Creek Saga; Sixteen year old Coop Gill joined the Confederate Army in 1864. He traveled from his home in Alabama to Virginia and soon was in the war. He distinguished himself in battle and was selected as a sharpshooter. He fought in the Shenandoah Valley, on to Richmond and finally to Appomattox where he witnessed the surrender of General Lee. With the end of the war, he returned home to a devastated South. The Reconstruction Period had begun. Outside Northern forces were taking over local governments in an effort to reintegrate the southern state into the Union. Coop, along with others fought against these efforts by those called "carpetbaggers". Under Coop's leadership these clashes resulted in bloodshed. During this period the Gill family was involved in the beginning of the fledgling textile industry. Cotton planters were building mills to process and weave their cotton. They saw industry as a necessary part of rebuilding the South. Now a young man, Coop was torn between doing his duty to the South and to his family. At the same time several young ladies were complicating his life by vying for his attention.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09SP8JNCT
• ISBN13: 9798419278271
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 258 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.6" x 6.0"