Ain't No Grave - Blankenship, B. L.

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Résumé :
Horror ensued. In the brutal aftermath of The American Civil War, the blood-stained president Abraham Lincoln was slain and exalted unto godhood via newspapers across the nation. Meanwhile, terror gripped the land. The tattered remains of the fallen South caused many to live in desolation. Once marvelous cities now lay in ashes. Oppressive businessmen and bankers (called carpet-baggers) came to prey upon the people in their weakness. Federal soldiers occupied the Appalachian hillsides, cities, and towns of the South to further suppress their conquered foe. The secession had been crushed. Rebellions would rise. Various bands of masked vigilantes would seek to exact justice from this tyrannical force that invaded their hometowns and brutally murdered their brethren. Despite the lies the American news media would spin, these former soldiers could not forget the darkness they saw protruding from Washington D.C amid Lincoln's rule and reign. With the war now seemingly over, the infamous negro assassin Reginald Beauregard Valencia and the remaining members of the Confederate Militia Heaven's Seven disbanded. Seeking peace and happiness with his family, he'd find that every seed that he'd planted up unto this point was about to produce a bitter yield. Former Union Soldier, a friend turned foe, and Union League man, Clay Corpse has now villainously plotted revenge for his lost leg. Following God Walks The Dark Hills: Book I&II (1830s-1864), this book journeys with our characters through the Reconstruction era. Clearly, for them and America, the war was far from over. BE ADVISED: This book as others by B. L. Blankenship is exceedingly violent. While an enumerable amount of real-world events and details abound within its pages, it is to be regarded overall as a work of Adult Fiction; specifically Civil War-era Western Horror.

Biographie:
About the AuthorB. L. BlankenshipBenjamin Lee Blankenship was born in Toledo, Ohio in 1981 to his two southern parents Larry Brown Blankenship of Giles County, Tennessee & Jonelle Blankenship of Harlan, Kentucky. During his youth in the mid-1990s, he moved to Roane County, Tennessee. Having a deep love for literature and history, he's studied many aspects of the American Civil War.Like many Americans his ancestors fought on both sides of the war. Each of his direct bloodline kindred that fought for the Federal Government (i.e. Union Army) lived in the Republican stronghold of Harlan County, Kentucky. They were: . James H. Ticky Howard (1832-1922). Leonard Samuel Scott (1825-1889). David E. Lee (1824-1905). Elijah G. Helton (1829-1904). William Burton Gabby Burt Hensley (1832-1906)Each of these willingly submitted to the federal draft under the direction of Robert Hays, Prevost Martial of the 8th Kentucky District.Likewise, his family housed many proud Democrats who fought for the Confederate States of America. Unlike the array of Harlan Co. Union Soldiers within his bloodline, those who chose to serve as Confederates were spread abroad; they were:CONFEDERATE HERITAGE:Richard Pierce Stracener (1843-1906)7th Reg. Georgia Infantry--------------------------James W. Farmer (1834-1910)Company C, North Carolina 3rd Light Artillery Battalion--------------------------Jefferson Pack (1830-1864)35th Regiment Tennessee Infantry, 5th Infantry,1st Mountain Rifle Regiment--------------------------Granville Smith (1843-1923)60th Regiment Virginia Infantry3rd Regiment Wise Legion, Company A--------------------------Gabrial Rial Smith (1820-1912)4th Regiment, Virginia Reserves, Company F--------------------------William Riley Thurman (1816-1907)2nd Battalion, Arkansas Infantry--------------------------All of B. L. Blankenship's direct bloodline ancestors lived through the American Civil War except for the confederate Jefferson Pack. He was born in Stokes, North Carolina (1830) and died on November 12th, 1864 while imprisoned at Camp Douglas, Illinois.