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By Lewis Fisher
Despite the common image of a Solid South, many southerners stayed loyal to the Union during the Civil War and coexisted uneasily with their Confederate neighbors. In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, the family of Samuel Hance Lewis remained convinced of the wisdom of the Founding Fathers in establishing a single nation. A vast majority of Rockingham County neighbors disagreed. The Lewis family members adapted pragmatically and sought to give no cause of offense by overt act or anything of the sort. But neither did they hide their convictions, made clear even to Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson as he made their home his headquarters. This book explores the lives of Samuel Lewis and his children, from the Civil War through Reconstruction and the rebuilding of the Shenandoah Valley. No Cause of Offence includes 29 illustrations plus 3 maps and thorough endnotes, bibliography and index.
