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Pelham, Robert Beckham, John Mosby and the incomparable Gray scouts Will Farley and Frank Stringfellow. . . . Did Mrs. Morton succeed in her labors? Absolutely. . . . I commend this terrific book . . .”
Also of interest will be Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers by James P. Gannon, a history of a mostly Irish regiment comprising 915 Confederate soldiers from New Orleans who fought in Virginia, marching through Rappahannock County. The surviving 55 men surrendered with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.
Chronicling the county’s evolution from agricultural backwater at its founding in the seventeenth century to eclectic arts enclave and retirement community today, Laura A. Matthews’ A Ramble through Rappahannock remains a favorite. Achieved largely through personal interviews with local residents, this book’s historical/anecdotal approach
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