Grayback Mountaineers

About the Book

"I shall never, no never, forget that eventful night when accompanied by one courier, my Adjutant Edwards and Sergeant Major, both being wounded, I full of grief and bitterness, rode to the barns in our rear and saw with tears in my eyes, my brave fellows from away over the mountains in West Virginia, laid out in windrows, torn and bleeding. I shall never forget that night or the next morning's parade when I could muster but 96 enlisted men. Brave fellows, not a slave holder among them."
Lt/Col. Vincent A. Witcher-34th Battalion Virginia Cavalry

About the Author

Mr. Hinkle is the second of five children born to Harlan H., Sr. and Evelena Hinkle of Camden-on-Gauley in Webster County. He is a 1962 graduate of West Virginia University, a U. S. Air Force veteran, and the father of five children. An avid Civil War buff since childhood, he tired of reading the cookie-cutter versions of West Virginia?s role in the Civil War and decided to set the record straight with Grayback Mountaineers. Mr. Hinkle is retired and resides in Harrisonburg, Virginia.