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"Squirrel Hunters" by Charles Lieb

Tyler Childers performs on Mountain Stage.

Charles Lieb included this unflattering sketch of western Virginia bushwhackers in his 1862 account of his brief time as Union Quartermaster in the region. He was removed from his position on suspicion of corruption.

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