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Size | 1 item |
Abstract | The collection is a 1936 typed manuscript titled "A Soldier in the Saddle: Portraying the Life and Character of Lieutenant-General Nathan Bedford Forrest" by Claude McVeigh Chastain, a white salesman, department store manager, and self-taught historian residing in Charlotte, N.C. This biography is focused on the Confederate officer's experience during the American Civil War and does not touch on Forrest's Ku Klux Klan leadership during Reconstruction. |
Creator | Chastain, Claude McVeigh. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
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Claude McVeigh Chastain was a salesman, department store manager, and self-taught historian residing in Charlotte, N.C., in 1936.
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