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Author : Webb B. Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,8 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 B. Garrison
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,9 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 Garrison
Publisher : GuildAmerica Books
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 48,5 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 : C. Brian Kelly
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 49,7 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 : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 47,5 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 Garrison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0529168529
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Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 53,5 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 : Webb Garrison
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 40,8 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 : Gene C. Armistead
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786473632
Horses and mules served during the Civil War in greater number and suffered more casualties than the men of the Union and Confederate armies combined. Using firsthand accounts, this history addresses the many uses of equines during the war, the methods by which they were obtained, their costs, their suffering on the battlefields and roads, their consumption by soldiers, and such topics as racing and mounted music. The book is supplemented by accounts of the "Lightning Mule Brigade," the "Charge of the Mule Brigade," five appendices and 37 illustrations. More than 700 Civil War equines are identified and described with incidental information and identification of their masters.
Author : Tim Rowland
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 49,5 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 : 46,7 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 : Cormac O'Brien
Publisher : Quirk Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1594741387
Provides the birth and death dates, astrological sign, nicknames, famous words, and little-known or bizarre facts about the lives of over twenty-five people on the Union and Confederate sides of the Civil War.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 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 : Debra West Smith
Publisher : Pelican Publishing Company
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2012-10-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781455616855
The Civil War was a war unlike any other. The bravery and strength the soldiers showed, the determination in the direst of circumstances, and the fearlessness when met with challenges never dreamed of set these dark years apart. So much has been recorded about the War Between the States from the bloody battles to the steadfast generals. However, there were others present who are often forgotten: young people who were faced with a fate they never thought they would meet when their lives were taken out of their control. These children of the Confederacy soon grew accustomed to empty fields, family members who never returned home, and lives shortened by the hard impact of a bullet. Many felt a calling to join the cause and found themselves in the same situations as their adult counterparts: prisoners of war, amputees, spies, or guides for generals-only they were barely twenty years old. This collection of true accounts presents the voices of those who faced the ultimate test of character and courage and until now have so rarely been heard. The stories of these emerging adults provide an engrossing exploration of the Civil War in a way that is unlike any other in delivery and subject matter.
Author : Terry Breverton
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781445633527
A remarkable compendium of oddities, curiosities and little-known facts from the Great War, featuring the greatest battles, war slang, heroes and heroines, animals, spies, weapons, and much more.
