JJ Dickison: Swamp Fox of the Confederacy [Perfect Paperback]

John Koblas (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2000

Dickison fought during the Civil War in Florida, which was basically told to fend for itself. Using geurilla combat and skirmishing, his band of soldiers became the only people to blow up a gunship from land during the Civil War.

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About the Author

Koblas has written many books on Jesse James, Sinclair Lewis, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. "He's a dog of a researcher." He lives in Burnsville, Minnesota.

Product Details

• Perfect Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: North Star Press of St. Cloud, Inc.; 1 edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0878391495
• ISBN-13: 978-0878391493
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,936,426 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Bio Of This Overlooked Confederate Guerilla, May 25, 2001

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This review is from: JJ Dickison: Swamp Fox of the Confederacy (Hardcover)

Captain John J. Dickison, 2nd Florida Cavalry, CSA, was Florida's equivalent during the Civil War to Virginia's celebrated partisian John Mosby, or to Kentucky's John Hunt Morgan. It was Dickison and his small band of horsemen who almost single-handedly kept Florida's interior from falling under Union control. Using the states natural terrain for cover and employing modern guerilla tactics, he inspired such fear and respect in his northern enemies that Federal forces rarely ventured west of the St. Johns River in central and north Florida. This land became known as "Dixie-land", a play on his last name, and he became known to all as the "Swamp Fox". Using numerous published and unpublished primary sources, Mr. Koblas has written the first-ever thorough military biography of this legendary and overlooked Confederate.