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Chris J. Hartley

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Chris J. Hartley is the author of several nonfiction books.

His latest book is The Lost Soldier (Stackpole Books, 2018). It follows the ordeal of a World War II draftee and his family from the home front to the Huertgen Forest.

Prior to that, Hartley authored Stoneman's Raid, 1865, which was published by John F. Blair, Publisher. The book won the Willie Parker Peace Prize from the N.C. Society of Historians and was named a finalist for the Ben Franklin Award in History from the Independent Book Publishers Association. The Historic Salisbury Foundation also honored Hartley with a Preservation Education and Publication Award for his work on Stoneman's Raid.

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	Stoneman's Raid, 1865 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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In 1947, ghost ships appeared on the oceans. They carried the dead.

The story began in the dark days of World War II. Casualties mounted on battlefields worldwide, but the United States did not send its dead home. Instead, bodies were buried in makeshift cemeteries overseas. After the war, the thinking went, the U.S. government would worry about what to do about its dead.

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The Atlanta Campaign: Volume 2: From the Etowah River to Kennesaw Mountain, May 20 to June 27, 1864

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