{"product_id":"the-butchers-cleaver-a-tale-of-the-confederate-secret-services-paperback","title":"The Butcher's Cleaver: A Tale of the Confederate Secret Services - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eW. Patrick Lang\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Devereuxs of Alexandria, Virginia were moderate people. The eldest son seemed the most\u003cbr\u003e moderate of all.\u003cbr\u003e Claude Devereux wanted no part of secession. None of his family wanted Virginia to leave the Union.\u003cbr\u003e This family of bankers owned no slaves and believed slavery to be an institution to be rid of. The\u003cbr\u003e Devereux wanted to be left alone in their private world.\u003cbr\u003e Nevertheless, they found Virginia's decision to secede compelling and the Lincoln Administration's\u003cbr\u003e decision to suppress rebellion in the South to be unacceptable.\u003cbr\u003e Family separation and exile from their home had been the inevitable result. Some family members\u003cbr\u003e sided with the Union, but the overwhelming majority went South into the 17th Virginia Infantry, the\u003cbr\u003e Alexandria Regiment.\u003cbr\u003e In the third year of the war, the crushing forces of greater manpower, the naval blockade and the\u003cbr\u003e world's largest industrial base were steadily driving the Confederacy to its knees.\u003cbr\u003e Desperate times demand desperate measures. In such times who could be better placed for action\u003cbr\u003e against disaster than a family of merchant bankers?\u003cbr\u003e In that year of Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg, something had to be done. Some\u003cbr\u003e gateway leading out of the maze had to be found.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 484\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163329302663,"sku":"9781648265112","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1a4e6a36cf065bc012e9a00224794b17.webp?v=1733296433","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-butchers-cleaver-a-tale-of-the-confederate-secret-services-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}