Battlefield: Farming a Civil War Battleground

by Peter Svenson
Category: "U.S. History - Military"
Pages:216
Year of Publication:1992
Date Read:09/01/1997
Notes:Recounts the author's experiences building a farmhouse on a 40-acre site near Harrisonburg, Virginia, which 125 year before been the site of the Civil War battle of Cross Keys. Svenson interspersed a detailed description of the battle with lively anecdotes about attempting to farm using traditional methods.
My Rating: 8

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The author interweaves his story of living on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley with an account of the battle that took place on the property.

Reviewed by Roger on 1998-09-10 12:00:00

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