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A Mountain Brigand Descent into the Cumberland Frontier
General Carter pursues the Ishmaelites led by the McGees in 1864. James Collins, a young Union volunteer, infiltrates the gang by posing as a deserter, joins Kit McGee’s camp, swears an oath, and earns a place among the bands beset by violence and feuding mountain factions. Collins mates with Molly McGee as he plans a risky trek with the outlaw group toward Pikeville while evading capture by his former comrades.
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Collins
America
South
Union
Confederacy
McGees
Wild Cat
Cumberland Plateau
Carter
James Collins
First Tennessee
Clinch River
Jalisco
Cumberland Gap
U. S
Ordance
Owen
Collings
Confeds
Kyahtah
Kaintuck
Thar
Keerin
Squar
Kit McGee
Kit
James Coline
Molly McGee
Old Kit
Kentucky
North Carolina
Virginia
East Tennessee
Jim Collins
Jim
Pikeville
North Sequatch
Tm Willin
Mattah
Bledsoe County
Pennsylvania Cavalry
Brown
Sequatchie Valley