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CIVIL WAR "THE CONFEDERATE CHEROKEES: JOHN DREWS REGIMENT OF MOUNTED RIFLES"

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Book Title: Confederate Cherokees : John Drew's Regiment of Mounted Rifles

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Item Length: 9in

Publisher: LSU Press

Intended Audience: Adults

Modified Item: No

Subject: History

Vintage: No

Publication Year: 1989

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Era: 1800s

Item Height: 0.6in

Author: W. Craig Gaines

Features: Illustrated

Genre: Biographies & True Stories, History, Military, War & Combat

Topic: American Indian Wars, Army, Civil War, Combat, Memoir, Military History, True Military Stories, United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

Subjects: History & Military

Item Width: 6in

Item Weight: 9.9 Oz

Number of Pages: 128 Pages

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