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From Union Soldier to Confederate Bushwacker: Loyalty and Disloyalty in Civil War West Virginia1/25/2014 
In 1862 William, Christopher, and Phillip Raber enlisted in Company K of the 9th Regiment, Virginia (United States) Infantry. As loyal union men, they joined nearly one thousand other volunteers for three years' service to put down the rebellion of the Confederacy. One year later, Phillip, was marched before a firing squad and executed. By war’s end Christopher was an outlaw , and their mother had been arrested and placed in the county jail. Join us as we explore the complex nature of loyalty and disloyalty during the Civil War era.
Podcaster: Ryan
Further Reading
Daniel Sutherland, A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War. University of North Carolina Press, 200. Thomas Lowry, Don't Shoot that Boy! Abraham Lincoln and Military Justice. Da Capo Press, 1999. T.J. Stiles, Jessie James: Last Rebel of the Civil War. Vintage, 2003. James McPherson, For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. Oxford University Press, 1998. Music by Kevin MacLeod (www.incompetech.com) Leave a Reply. |