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Written by John W. Shaffer and published by West Virginia University Press in 2003, this Civil War history is a must for your collection.
From the book jacket: The wounds of the Civil War cut most bitterly in the border states, that Strip of America from Maryland to Kansas where conflicting loyalties and traditions ripped apart communities, institutions, and families. Barbour County…is a telling microcosm of the deep divisions which both caused the war and were caused by it…