Six Miles to Charleston - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Six Miles to Charleston write by Bruce Orr. This book was released on 2010. Six Miles to Charleston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Explore the grizzly tale of Charleston's most infamous serial killers from the beginning of their reign of horror till their eventual incarceration and execution. In 1819, a young man outwitted death at the hands of John and Lavinia Fisher and sparked the hunt for Charleston's most notorious serial killers. Former homicide investigator Bruce Orr follows the story of the Fishers, from the initial police raid on their Six Mile Inn with its reportedly grisly cellar to the murderous couple's incarceration and execution at the squalid Old City Jail. Yet there still may be more sinister deeds left unpunished, an overzealous sheriff, corrupt officials and documents only recently discovered all suggest that there is more to the tale. Orr uncovers the mysteries and debunks the myths behind the infamous legend of the nation's first convicted female serial killer.
Six Miles to Charleston
Six Miles to Charleston - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Six Miles to Charleston write by Bruce Orr. This book was released on 2016-09-12. Six Miles to Charleston available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The shocking true story of America’s first female serial killer, half of a husband and wife team who terrorized Charleston, SC, in the early 19th century. On February 18th, 1820, John and Lavinia Fisher were executed in front of some two thousand South Carolinians. To this day, legends of the husband-and-wife serial killers range from the fearsome to the fantastical—and many swear they have encountered Lavinia’s ghost haunting the Old Charleston Jail House. But in Six Miles to Charleston, local historian and former homicide investigator Bruce Orr uncovers their horrifying true story. When a young man outwitted John and Lavinia in 1819, he escaped death and went straight to the authorities. Orr recounts the investigation from the initial police raid on the murderous couple’s Six Mile Inn—with its reportedly grisly cellar—to their capture, incarceration and dramatic last moments of life. But as Orr reveals, there still may be more sinister deeds left unpunished. An overzealous sheriff, corrupt officials and documents only recently discovered all suggest that there is more to the tale.
Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell
Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell write by James A. Morgan. This book was released on 2022-09-06. Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The small, curiously named village of Secessionville, just outside of Charleston, South Carolina was the site of an early war skirmish, the consequences of which might have been enormous had the outcome been different. It quickly would be forgotten, however, as the Seven Days battles, fought shortly afterward and far to the north, attracted the attention of Americans on both sides of the conflict. The battle at Secessionville was as bloody and hard fought as any similar sized encounter during the war. But it was poorly planned and poorly led by the Union commanders whose behavior did not do justice to the courage of their men. That courage was acknowledged by Confederate Lt. Iredell Jones who wrote, “let us never again disparage our enemy and call them cowards, for nothing was ever more glorious than their three charges in the face of a raking fire of grape and canister.” For the Federals, the campaign on James Island was a joint Army-Navy operation which suffered from inter-service rivalries and no small amount of mutual contempt. Brig. Gen. David Hunter, the overall Union commander, lost interest in the campaign and turned effective control over to his subordinate Brig. Gen. Henry Benham whose ego and abrasive personality was a significant problem for the officers who served directly under him. On the Confederate side were men like John C. Pemberton, oddly enough a West Point classmate of Benham, who never gained the respect of his subordinates either. The civilian authorities diligently worked behind his back to have him relieved and replaced. He did, however, oversee the construction of a formidable line of defensive works which proved strong enough in the end to save Charleston for much of the war. In Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell, historian Jim Morgan examines the lead up to the James Island campaign as well as the skirmish itself on June 16, 1862 and its aftermath. By including several original sources not previously explored, he takes a fresh look at this small, but potentially game-changing fight, and shows that it was of much more than merely local interest at the time.
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents
A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents write by United States. President. This book was released on 1916. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
The Life and Times of C.G. Memminger
The Life and Times of C.G. Memminger - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Life and Times of C.G. Memminger write by Henry Dickson Capers. This book was released on 1893. The Life and Times of C.G. Memminger available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
