"God Alone Knows Which Was Right"

Richard L. Armstrong is the past president of the Bath County Historical Society and head of the local committee for Bath County in the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War. The author of seven other books on Virginia in the Civil War, he lives in Hot Springs, Virginia.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgments      Introduction      Military Terminology      Operation of a Light Battery      Terrill Family Tree      I —William Henry Terrill      INCLUDING JEREMIAH MORTON TERRILL, SARAH JANE TERRILL MCDANNALD AND JOHN ALLEN TERRILLII —George Parker Terrill      III —Emily Cornelia Clay Terrill (and George Alexander Porterfield)      IV —William Rufus Terrill      V —James Barbour Terrill      VI —Philip Mallory Terrill      Appendix I: Address at the Burial of Brig. Gen. William R. Terrill      Appendix II: Terrill Burial Monument Myth      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index

“a wonderfully rich look at a truly divided Virginia family that ended up paying a far higher price in blood than most”—Civil War Books and Authors; “wow!”—The Lone Star.