Utah Historical Quarterly Volume 42, Number 4, 1974

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Philip St. George Cooke.

A Virginian in Utah Chooses the Union: Col. Philip St. George Cooke in 1861 BY RICHARD W. ETULAIN

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.ANY HISTORIANS HAVE discussed the dilemmas the Civil War forced upon families who were divided in their loyalties between the North and South. Some writers argue that the fratricidal nature of the war was its worst horror. We do know that President Abraham


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