The Governor's Pawns: Hostages and Hostage-Taking in Civil War West Virginia. Randall S. Gooden, Randall S. Gooden

The Governor's Pawns: Hostages and Hostage-Taking in Civil War West Virginia

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ISBN: 9781606354575 | 272 pages | 7 Mb

The Governor's Pawns: Hostages and Hostage-Taking in Civil War West Virginia
Randall S. Gooden, Randall S. Gooden
Page: 272
Format: pdf, ePub, fb2, mobi
ISBN: 9781606354575
Publisher: Kent State University Press

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An in-depth look at the unique actions of the newly formed state of West Virginia during the Civil War While the taking of hostages by both the Union and the Confederacy was common during the Civil War, it was unique for an individual state government to engage in this practice. The Governor’s Pawns examines the history that led to the taking of political prisoners in western Virginia, the implementation of a hostage law by Virginia’s pro-Union government in 1863, and the adoption of that law by the newly recognized state of West Virginia. The roots of state hostage-taking took hold prior to the Civil War. Sectional politics between eastern and western Virginia and their local communities, as well as long-standing family rivalries, resulted in the extreme actions of secession and war. Randall Gooden uses genealogical sources to tell the fascinating stories of individuals swept up in the turmoil, including hostages and their captors, freedmen, and government and military officials. Gooden emphasizes the personal nature of civilian arrests and hostage-taking and describes the impact on communities and the families left scarred by this practice. The Governor’s Pawns takes readers into the city streets, state and national capitol buildings, army camps, jails and military prisons, hospitals, and graveyards that accompanied the tit-for-tat style of pointedly personal warfare.

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