the Life And Times Of Kimber MSnyder Paperback -

Armed With Only His Rifled Musket, Kimber MSnyder Was Credited With Leading The Charge To Release Civil War PrisonersOne Of Four Fighting Sons Of AYoung Widow From The Hills Of Pennsylvania, Kimber Decided It Was Time To Go And Rescue His Fellow SoldiersTied To Trees In The Middle Of Winter, Snyder Led AGroup Of Men Out Of Their Tents To Commit This Daring DeedHowever, What Made This Action So Remarkable Was That This Rescue Was Not Aimed At The Confederates, But At His Union Officers! And The Prisoners Were Not Southern Rebels, But Rather Boys From Back Home, Who Had Refused To Forage For Food In The Middle Of Winter Without Shoes And CoatsThe Armed Confrontation Between The Enlisted Men And The Officers Led To Kimbers ArrestThe Court Martial Trial That Followed Was AMixture Of Truth, Lies And Conveniently Forgotten Testimony That Led To His Acquittal And Later, APromotionThis Book Follows The History Of Kimber MSnyder From His Familys Early Years In Colonial Pennsylvania To His Service In The Civil War With The th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry RegimentIncluded Are Vivid Descriptions Of The ths Military Service And Their Involvement At Such Major Battles As Stones River, Chickamauga And Picketts MillIn Addition, There Are New Insights And Interpretations Of The Regiments Role At The Latter Two Battles, Where They Have Been Criticized By Some For Their PerformanceBy Using Casualty Figures And Union And Confederate Records, ANew Light Is Shed On The ths Fighting RecordWhile This Book Is AStory Of Snyders Life And Those Of His Wife And Children, It Is Also The Tale Of Henderson And Union Counties In Western Kentucky And Posey County In Southern Indiana, Where The Veteran Tried To Eek Out ALiving, While Raising His FamilyCourt Transcripts, Battle Reports, Census Returns, Diaries, Family Lore And Years Of Old Newspaper Articles Are Used To Illustrate The Last Half Of The th CenturyThe Gilded Age Excesses Of This Era Escaped The Snyders Grasp, As It Did With So Many Others In The Lower Ohio River ValleyPresidential And Local Politics, High Profile Trials, The Weather, Farm Prices And The Everyday Happenings Of The Region Are Detailed As The Snyders Along With Many Others, Blended Into The Rural Landscape, But More Importantly Contributed To The Building Of The Country We Know Today'