ebooks This Side of Heaven: Race; Ethnicity; and Christian Faith by From Robert J Priest in History

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William C. Oates is best remembered as the Confederate officer defeated at Gettysburg's Little Round Top; losing a golden opportunity to turn the Union's flank and win the battle--and perhaps the war. Now; Glenn W. LaFantasie--bestselling author of Twilight at Little Round Top--has written a gripping biography of Oates.Oates was no moonlight-and-magnolias Southerner; as LaFantasie shows. Raised in the hard-scrabble Wiregrass Country of Alabama; he ran away from home as a teenager; roamed through Louisiana and Texas--where he took up card sharking--and finally returned to Alabama; to pull himself up by his bootstraps and become a respected attorney. During the war; he rose to the rank of colonel; served under Stonewall Jackson and Lee; was wounded six times and lost an arm. Returning home; he launched a successful political career; becoming a seven-term congressman and ultimately governor. LaFantasie shows how; for Oates; the war never really ended--he remained devoted to the Lost Cause; and spent the rest of his life waging the political battles of Reconstruction. Here then is a richly evocative story of Southern life before; during; and after the Civil War; based on first-time and exclusive access of family papers and never-before-seen archives.