“I will tell you a truth . . .I do not think the war will ever end."The Cumberland Guard was a state militia, filled with veterans of the war with Mexico. When the opportunity for real combat arose, they were swift to answer, but no one could have foretold the consequences. Experience the first days of our nation’s greatest conflict through the eyes of Daphne Harrison, her husband James, Ronald "Sean" Fairchild, and many others in the Cumberland Guard.This book details several events alluded to in its companion book, "A Woman of Consequence."
“I will tell you a truth . . .I do not think the war will ever end."The Cumberland Guard was a state militia, filled with veterans of the war with Mexico. When the opportunity for real combat arose, they were swift to answer, but no one could have foretold the consequences. Experience the first days of our nation’s greatest conflict through the eyes of Daphne Harrison, her husband James, Ronald "Sean" Fairchild, and many others in the Cumberland Guard.This book details several events alluded to in its companion book, "A Woman of Consequence."
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