Rebels in Blue: The Story of Keith and Malinda Blalock

by Stevens, Peter F.

• ISBN13: 9780878331666
• ISBN10: 0878331662
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-05-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

This Civil War story follows the real-life exploits of a married couple who fought side-by-side as soldiers for the North, the South, and finally for a band of marauding, pro-Union partisans.

Table of Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments	vii
Part One Enlist or Face the Consequences
A Young Giant	3	(17)
Madness Rules the Hour	20	(9)
I'm Going to Fight with You	29	(6)
A Secret Revealed	35	(10)
Part Two Tories, Yankees, and Outliers
We'll Be Back	45	(10)
A Ragged Band	55	(7)
High in the Hills	62	(3)
An Awful Time for Us	65	(8)
Part Three Like Corsican Brigands
A Trusted Lieutenant	73	(8)
A Tense, Violent Season	81	(8)
A Bloody Reunion	89	(3)
Hard Men All	92	(6)
Scouting and Raiding for the Union	98	(10)
At His Side	108	(8)
Enlisted in the U.S. Service	116	(5)
Look at the Damned Fools!	121	(6)
As You Deserve, Damn You!	127	(13)
Deplorable Condition	140	(9)
Part Four A Grim Cycle
Dead in the Sawdust	149	(7)
Blood in the Orchard	156	(10)
He Did not Deserve His Fate	166	(4)
Even if it Takes Forty Years	170	(3)
Stripped Down for Fast Action	173	(7)
Unfitting Him for Military Duty	180	(3)
Is That You, Boyd?	183	(8)
Part Five Hospitable and Highly Regarded or The Terror of This Town
A War of Words	191	(20)
Epilogue	211	(4)
Endnotes	215	(22)
Bibliography	237	(12)
Index	249