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Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : GuildAmerica Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015056925822
This fascinating collection explores the unusual and often bizarre persons,attitudes, and events of the Civil War. Illustrated and indexed.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781595553607
Civil War buffs, be warned: Webb Garrison’s Curiosities of the Civil War may catch you off guard. Packed with obscurities and bizarre anecdotes, it spills over with specifics you’ve likely never heard. Debated, reenacted, and analyzed, the Civil War has been the subject of countless books, films, and scholarly research—many of them quite repetitious. This nuanced perspective on the war provides a glimpse beyond the bloody battles, casualties, and political conflict. You'll discover: The first sitting president to be exposed to enemy fire What badgers, pigeons, and bear cubs had in common during the war Which of Stonewall Jackson’s limbs received its own proper burial The turtle-shaped ship designed to douse its opponents with boiling water Which Confederate general was responsible for introducing camels to the Southwest This cache of peculiar characters and stories will deepen your understanding of the war and the people who engaged in it.
Author : Webb B. Garrison
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : WISC:89066426438
A GLIMPSE INTO THE STRANGE PERSONS, ATTITUDES AND HAPPENINGS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865.
Author : Webb B. Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : United States
ISBN : 1568658761
A collection of anecdotes and stories about ususual people, places, and events that occurred during the Civil War.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998-03-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781418530693
An illustrated compendium of obscure facts and little-known wonders from the Civil War Era, a perfect gift for history buffs and Civil war enthusiasts. With three million soldiers scattered along a 10,000-mile front and more than 1,000 engagements, the Civil War was one in which fascinating anecdotes, colorful stories, humorous tales, and unusual coincidences were frequent. Historian Webb Garrison has gathered together these hidden gems in this fully illustrated and indexed book. The Amazing Civil War is an intriguing untold history of the war between the states by the author of the bestselling Civil War Curiosities.
Author : Tim Rowland
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781616083953
Presents a series of historical anecdotes about little-known, miscellaneous events and personal experiences of the American Civil War.
Author : Webb Garrison,Webb B. Garrison
Publisher : Galahad Books
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : United States
ISBN : PSU:000046976550
"Previously published in two separate volumes: Civil War curiosities, and More Civil War curiosities"-T.p. verso.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1999-09-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781418530549
The Civil War is most often described as one in which brother fought against brother. But the most devastating war fought on American soil was also one in which women demonstrated heroic deeds, selfless acts, and courage beyond measure. Women mobilized soup kitchens and relief societies. Women cared for wounded soldiers. Women were effective spies. And it is estimated that 300 women fought on the battlefields, usually disguised as men. The most fascinating Civil War women include: Harriet Tubman, a former slave, who led hundreds of fellow slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad Four hundred women who were seized in Roswell, Georgia, deported to Indiana, and vanished without a trace Belle Boyd, the "Siren of the Shenandoah," who at the age of seventeen killed a Union soldier "Crazy" Elizabeth Van Lew, who deliberately fostered the impression that she was eccentric so that she could be an effective spy for the North "The poor fellow sprang from my hands and fell back quivering in the agonies of death. A bullet had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through my sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder." ?Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross "We were all amused and disgusted at the sight of a thing that nothing but the debased and depraved Yankee nation could produce. [A woman] was dressed in the full uniform of a Federal surgeon. She was not good looking, and of course had tongue enough for a regiment of men." ?Captain Benedict J. Semmes, describing Mary Walker, M.D.
Author : C. Brian Kelly
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-03-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402247101
"This fascinating book will make the Civil War come alive with thoughts and feelings of real people." The Midwest Book Review The Civil WAR You Never Knew... Behind the bloody battles, strategic marches, and decorated generals lie more than 100 intensely personal, true stories you haven't heard before. In Best Little Stories from the Civil War, soldiers describe their first experiences in battle, women observe the advances and retreats of armies, spies recount their methods, and leaders reveal the reasoning behind many of their public actions. Fascinating characters come to life, including: Former U.S. Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia, who warned the Confederate cabinet not to fall for Lincoln's trap by firing on reinforcements, thereby allowing Lincoln to claim the South had fired the first shots of the war at Fort Sumter. Brig. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut, who disbanded the 13th Independent Battery, Ohio Light Artillery, scattered its men, gave its guns to other units, and ordered its officers home, accusing all of cowardly performance in battle. Thomas N. Conrad, a Confederate spy operating in Washington, who warned Richmond of both the looming Federal Peninsula campaign in the spring of 1863 and the attack at Fredericksburg later that year. Private Franklin Thomson of Michigan, born as Sarah Emma Edmonds, who fought in uniform for the Union during the war and later was the only female member of the postwar Union Grand Army of the Republic.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0529168529
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Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1999-04-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781418530686
More than 100 true stories of comrade killing comrade: defective ammunition accidental shootings blinding smoke deliberate fire upon comrade mistaken uniforms inexperienced troops unknown passwords On May 2, 1863, Stonewall Jackson was on the verge of the greatest victory of his career. Shortly before 10 P.M. he rode through the woods near Chancellorsville, Virginia, to find where the Federals had established their line. As he returned, his own men, in the noise and confusion, opened fire, woulding Jackson several times. One of the Civil War's first heroes died eight days later. Stonewall Jackson's death is but one example of Confederate killing Confederate or Yankee killing Yankee. No war was as intense and chaotic as the American Civil War. Author Webb Garrison has brought together Jackson's story and 150 other instances of friendly fire in this unique book that strips away the romanticism of the Civil War. "[With] night setting in, it was difficult to distinguish friend from foe. Several of our own command were killed by our own friends." ?Ambrose Wright at Malvern Hill "I thought it better to kill a Union man or two than to lose the effect of my moral suasion." ?Union Officer Louis M. Goldsborough "Whilst in this position my regiment was shelled by our own artillery. The officer in command should be made to pay the penalty for this criminal conduct." ?Confederate Col. Edward Willis, speaking of a battle at Gettysburg "Seemingly not content with the speed that the enemy were slaughtering us, one of our own batteries commenced a heavy and destructive fire on us." ?Union Maj. Thomas S. Tate, speaking of Tupelo, Mississippi
Author : Webb B. Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : United States
ISBN : LCCN:95033602
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1999-07
Category : History
ISBN : 0783885695
Webb Garrison presents the Civil War in a collection of stories that capture what the war was like for the people who lived through it. Arranged chronologically, the stories begin with the publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and events leading up to the war. They trace the action through five years and conclude with Reconstruction and the presidential election of 1876. Included are stories of the slave Dred Scott, Red Cross founder Clara Barton, suspected spy Mrs. Rose Greenhow, assistant army surgeon Mary Walker, and President Andrew Johnson.
Author : Will Kaufman
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2006-03-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780748626564
The Civil War is an event of great cultural significance, impacting upon American literature, film, music, electronic media, the marketplace and public performance. This book takes an innovative approach to this great event in American history, exploring its cultural origins and enduring cultural legacy. It focuses upon the place of the Civil War across the broad sweep of American cultural forms and practices and reveals important links between historical events and contemporary culture.The first chapter introduces a discussion of ante-bellum culture and the part cultural forces played in the sectional crisis that exploded into full-blown war in 1861. Subsequent chapters focus on particular themes, appropriations, interpretations and manifestations of the War as they have appeared in American culture.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : Gramercy
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-20
Category : History
ISBN : 0517162873
During the Civil War, leaders on both sides were open to almost any daring strategy that might bring victory. This book details some of the most intriguing, mysterious, bizarre, and ingenious of those plans.
