With Lee in Virginia. A Story of the American ​🇺🇸​ Civil War

✅ With 9️⃣1️⃣ pages 📃 of additional articles, references, and ➕ bibliographies of recommended reading 👤📖. In Hentys words, The Great War between the Northern and ➕ Southern States of America ​🇺🇸​ possesses a peculiar interest for us 👥⬅️, not ❌️ only because it was a struggle between two 2️⃣ sections of a people 👥 akin to us 👥⬅️ in race 🏃‍♂️ and ➕ language, but because of the heroic courage with which the weaker party 🎉, with ill 🤒-fed, ill 🤒-clad, ill 🤒-equipped regiments, for four 4️⃣ years sustained the contest with the adversary... Virginians voted against withdrawal from the Union, until the threat of invasion by the armies of Lincoln drove them ➡️👥 to become secessionists, and ➕ they joined the states of the South ⬇️ in defending themselves and ➕ their homes 🏠️. Virginian, and ➕ plantation heir, Vincent Wingfield, understands the structure of labor ⚒️ necessary to 🏃‍♂️ run the Orangery Estate, the broad lands being tilled by upwards 🔼 of two 2️⃣ hundred 💯 slaves. There were in addition three 3️⃣ other properties lying 🤥 in different parts of the State. He 👤👨 is also keenly aware of the mistreatment often meted out by cruel masters. However, he 👤👨 must bear 🐻 arms against the forces from the North ⬆️ and ➕ join up ⬆️ with Jeb Stuarts cavalry under Generals Robert E. Lee and ➕ Stonewall Jackson. He 👤👨 ultimately fights in all the major campaigns of the Northern Virginia Army, is wounded several times ⏱️, barely escapes from the Elmira Prison, and ➕ experiences the courage and ➕ devotion of a runaway slave and ➕ a black ⚫️ servant. The Henty History Series - Learning History Thr...

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