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A Treasury of Civil War Tales

Webb B. Garrison

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Description:The sweeping historical event known as the Civil War left no part of the nation untouched. Great and humble, soldiers and civilians, men and women, blacks, whites, and Indians--all had vivid stories about the gathering storms, the four unforgettable years of conflict, and the bittersweet aftermath.A little woman's book made a great war --"The little giant" set the stage for "bleeding Kansas" --Dred Scott was hammered between North and South --James H. Hammond called upon Americans to acknowledge cotton as king --Both North and South embraced the song "Dixie" --Fiery abolitionist John Brown set out to do God's work --John C. Breckinridge played the role of spoiler in the election of 1860 --George and Thomas Crittendon mirrored the sundered nation --The president-elect moved toward his inauguration incognito --The free and independent republic of Georgia never fully yielded sovereignty --The world's first war correspondent barely managed to last one year in America --James B. Eads put together an ironclad inland Navy --West Pointers sparred bloodlessly at Fort Sumter --Baltimore saw the first deliberate shedding of blood --Clara Barton made bandages of red tape --"Boy Drummer of Chickamauga" refused to be refused --At Bull Run Creek, a Sunday picnic got out of hand --Rose Greenhow was "worth any six of Jeff Davis's best regiments" --Parson Brownlow played both ends against the middle --"The lot fell upon Colonel Corcoran" --U.S. Grant ripped a hole in the belly of the C.S.A. --Marching off to die, strong men sang a gentlewoman's song --James J. Andrews lost a race but became a folk hero in both North and South --Carl Schurz spoke for 200,000 Germans in blue --"The shaprshooter" brought men to recruitment offices in droves --Lincoln's master spy brought joy to the hearts of rebels --Near-dictatorship evoked the wrath of "Blackjack" Logan --Rebel error and Federal fear blended to yield the dealiest day ever --Elias Boudinot led tribesmen into the promised land of the C.S.A. --An ex-congressman from Ohio got a special sentence: banishment --From start to finish, Abraham Lincoln really was Commander-in-Chief --Grant of Maine built state-of-th-art fortifications for Atlanta --Armies were expanded: at the cost of riots and escalating abuses --Mary Walker got her medal: and kept it. James A. Garfield harvested political hay in the aftermath of Chickamauga --The youngest general captured the most wanted fugitive --"Rightly used, a few hand guns could end this bloody business" --Lauded in the South, Forrest was vilified in the North --Jubal early swapped a day for a wagon load of gold --In the South and in the North, stricken Atlanta was seen through the eyes of George Barnard --Northern medics produced America's first big wave of drug addicts --Sherman tipped the scales in favor of Lincoln's re-election --Black soldiers were central to the War's biggest explosion --Sheridan's ride made the North forget Sheridan's raids --What happened at Ebenezer Creek remains an usolved puzzle --Mary Todd Lincoln shielded her son from combat --Desperate, Confederates moved to put slaves into uniform --Greed and speed proved to be more deadly than Confederate bullets --Confederate gold was scattered over three Southern states --Ten thousand Southern leaders went into exile --Staunch Unionist Andrew Johnson was labeled "too soft on the South" --Reconstruction ended in return for yielding the White House to Hayes --From start to finish, it really was Abraham Lincoln's warWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Treasury of Civil War Tales. To get started finding A Treasury of Civil War Tales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The sweeping historical event known as the Civil War left no part of the nation untouched. Great and humble, soldiers and civilians, men and women, blacks, whites, and Indians--all had vivid stories about the gathering storms, the four unforgettable years of conflict, and the bittersweet aftermath.A little woman's book made a great war --"The little giant" set the stage for "bleeding Kansas" --Dred Scott was hammered between North and South --James H. Hammond called upon Americans to acknowledge cotton as king --Both North and South embraced the song "Dixie" --Fiery abolitionist John Brown set out to do God's work --John C. Breckinridge played the role of spoiler in the election of 1860 --George and Thomas Crittendon mirrored the sundered nation --The president-elect moved toward his inauguration incognito --The free and independent republic of Georgia never fully yielded sovereignty --The world's first war correspondent barely managed to last one year in America --James B. Eads put together an ironclad inland Navy --West Pointers sparred bloodlessly at Fort Sumter --Baltimore saw the first deliberate shedding of blood --Clara Barton made bandages of red tape --"Boy Drummer of Chickamauga" refused to be refused --At Bull Run Creek, a Sunday picnic got out of hand --Rose Greenhow was "worth any six of Jeff Davis's best regiments" --Parson Brownlow played both ends against the middle --"The lot fell upon Colonel Corcoran" --U.S. Grant ripped a hole in the belly of the C.S.A. --Marching off to die, strong men sang a gentlewoman's song --James J. Andrews lost a race but became a folk hero in both North and South --Carl Schurz spoke for 200,000 Germans in blue --"The shaprshooter" brought men to recruitment offices in droves --Lincoln's master spy brought joy to the hearts of rebels --Near-dictatorship evoked the wrath of "Blackjack" Logan --Rebel error and Federal fear blended to yield the dealiest day ever --Elias Boudinot led tribesmen into the promised land of the C.S.A. --An ex-congressman from Ohio got a special sentence: banishment --From start to finish, Abraham Lincoln really was Commander-in-Chief --Grant of Maine built state-of-th-art fortifications for Atlanta --Armies were expanded: at the cost of riots and escalating abuses --Mary Walker got her medal: and kept it. James A. Garfield harvested political hay in the aftermath of Chickamauga --The youngest general captured the most wanted fugitive --"Rightly used, a few hand guns could end this bloody business" --Lauded in the South, Forrest was vilified in the North --Jubal early swapped a day for a wagon load of gold --In the South and in the North, stricken Atlanta was seen through the eyes of George Barnard --Northern medics produced America's first big wave of drug addicts --Sherman tipped the scales in favor of Lincoln's re-election --Black soldiers were central to the War's biggest explosion --Sheridan's ride made the North forget Sheridan's raids --What happened at Ebenezer Creek remains an usolved puzzle --Mary Todd Lincoln shielded her son from combat --Desperate, Confederates moved to put slaves into uniform --Greed and speed proved to be more deadly than Confederate bullets --Confederate gold was scattered over three Southern states --Ten thousand Southern leaders went into exile --Staunch Unionist Andrew Johnson was labeled "too soft on the South" --Reconstruction ended in return for yielding the White House to Hayes --From start to finish, it really was Abraham Lincoln's warWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with A Treasury of Civil War Tales. To get started finding A Treasury of Civil War Tales, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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