The Friends of Fort Duffield Presents
The 2nd printing of...
(First Printing May 1993)
West Point and the Civil War
By Richard Briggs
West Point, Kentucky, Historian
"West Point and the Civil War" can be
purchased from this web site for the special price of $10.00
which includes shipping and handling
Send check or money order to
FDHC
Richard's Book
16706 Abbotts Beach Road
West Point, Ky. 40177-9606
Please make checks payable to the Fort
Duffield Heritage Committee.
This 70 page book tells of the activities and the
people surrounding West Point and Fort Duffield during the Civil War Period.
This book is a must have for the Civil War enthusiast.
A special note about the
author
Richard Briggs has worked many
hours of physical labor at he fort, he also spends many hours researching
the activities that occurred at Fort Duffield and West Point during the
Civil War. To help even more, he has donated all proceeds from this book
for the restoration of Fort Duffield in West Point, Ky.
A special "Thank You", to Richard Briggs
for his hard labor and support of Fort Duffield.
West Point and the Civil War
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Prelude to Battle
West
Point residence soon found out that the war was on their doorsteps.
Chapter 2. Building of Fort Duffield
Overnite, West Point had become
an armed camp.
Chapter 3. West Point
aswarmed with Gen. Buell's Army
The Little Village was aswarmed with over
40,000 soldiers, thousands of supply wagons and the broken down horses
from the long march from the deep south.
Chapter 4. The
Court Martial of General Buell
It is important to note that General Buell
really did a fantastic Job.
Chapter 5.
War Between the States Was War Between Family Members, too
They saw their families and neighborhoods
torn apart by the terrible conflagration
Anne Eliza McCoy : She stood up to General Buell..
Sgt. Charles Shane: 28th Ky. Vol. Inf.
Chapter 6. The Muldraugh Hill Massacre
By the time the smoke and dust had cleared, over
40 of Jarrett's men were killed.
Chapter 7. Morgan avoids West Point and Fort
Duffield
A new menace arose. It was guerrilla warfare.
Chapter 8. Fort Hill Reunion of 1895
They came by the trainloads 30 years after the war.
Chapter 9. Fort Duffield "Rediscovered"
"After this, they shall always be remembered"
Lt. Col. Casey is pictured on horse.
Field Artillery at West Point, photo dated 1918.
Photos are from Richard Briggs private collection.
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