The Forgotten Confederate Sentry

Author : Dan Hoffman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780595466245

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The Civil War was a flashpoint in the history of America. This volume is a collection of three stories that show the commitment and valor of those young people who fought and died experiencing the horrors of war. The Forgotten Confederate Sentry is a story told by the ghost of a rebel soldier to a cadre of Union soldiers buried alongside him in a small rural Pennsylvania cemetery. As he has stood sentry duty for almost 140 years, he tells them of his love for his retarded younger brother and the promises he made to him as they fought valiantly along side of one another at the battle of Antietam. Mattie Anderson tells the story of a young girl from Illinois who joins up with a local Union regiment, hiding her femininity in the guise of a young man, in order to seek her older brother whom she believes joined the rebel army. She ultimately carries a secret message back to her commanding officer that contributes to the end of the war. The third story is a true story of a young Pennsylvanian Union officer, Andrew Gregg Tucker, a graduate of what is now Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, who brings glory and honor to his name through his heroic death at the battle of Gettysburg.

Author : Dan Hoffman
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0595909191

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The Civil War was a flashpoint in the history of America. This volume is a collection of three stories that show the commitment and valor of those young people who fought and died experiencing the horrors of war. "The Forgotten Confederate Sentry" is a story told by the ghost of a rebel soldier to a cadre of Union soldiers buried alongside him in a small rural Pennsylvania cemetery. As he has stood sentry duty for almost 140 years, he tells them of his love for his retarded younger brother and the promises he made to him as they fought valiantly along side of one another at the battle of Antietam. Mattie Anderson tells the story of a young girl from Illinois who joins up with a local Union regiment, hiding her femininity in the guise of a young man, in order to seek her older brother whom she believes joined the rebel army. She ultimately carries a secret message back to her commanding officer that contributes to the end of the war. The third story is a true story of a young Pennsylvanian Union officer, Andrew Gregg Tucker, a graduate of what is now Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, who brings glory and honor to his name through his heroic death at the battle of Gettysburg.

Author : Charles Kelly Barrow,Randall Britt Rosenburg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015046014430

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Forgotten Confederates by Charles Kelly Barrow,Randall Britt Rosenburg Pdf

Author : Seth A. Weitz,Jonathan C. Sheppard
Publisher : University of Alabama Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817319823

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A Forgotten Front by Seth A. Weitz,Jonathan C. Sheppard Pdf

An examination of the understudied, yet significant role of Florida and its populace during the Civil War. In many respects Florida remains the forgotten state of the Confederacy. Journalist Horace Greeley once referred to Florida in the Civil War as the “smallest tadpole in the dirty pool of secession.” Although it was the third state to secede, Florida’s small population and meager industrial resources made the state of little strategic importance. Because it was the site of only one major battle, it has, with a few exceptions, been overlooked within the field of Civil War studies. During the Civil War, more than fifteen thousand Floridians served the Confederacy, a third of which were lost to combat and disease. The Union also drew the service of another twelve hundred white Floridians and more than a thousand free blacks and escaped slaves. Florida had more than eight thousand miles of coastline to defend, and eventually found itself with Confederates holding the interior and Federals occupying the coasts—a tenuous state of affairs for all. Florida’s substantial Hispanic and Catholic populations shaped wartime history in ways unique from many other states. Florida also served as a valuable supplier of cattle, salt, cotton, and other items to the blockaded South. A Forgotten Front: Florida during the Civil War Era provides a much-needed overview of the Civil War in Florida. Editors Seth A. Weitz and Jonathan C. Sheppard provide insight into a commonly neglected area of Civil War historiography. The essays in this volume examine the most significant military engagements and the guerrilla warfare necessitated by the occupied coastline. Contributors look at the politics of war, beginning with the decade prior to the outbreak of the war through secession and wartime leadership and examine the period through the lenses of race, slavery, women, religion, ethnicity, and historical memory.

Author : J. L. Underwood
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2021-04-25
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4057664623201

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The Women of the Confederacy by J. L. Underwood Pdf

This book is about the personal stories of the women who lived through the American Civil War as Confederates in America's southern states. There are many stories of the heroism of the men who fought in this war, but these women were, in their way, just as heroic. They suffered loss and destruction of their ways of life, and like many women in other wars worldwide since, overcame great hardships.

Author : Peter F. Warren
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2012-07-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781449742775

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Confederate Gold and Silver by Peter F. Warren Pdf

This historical mystery contains two stories which gradually merge into one. One occurs during 2011, while the other takes place in 1863 during the height of the Civil War. In 2011, after moving to South Carolina, Paul Waring, a retired Connecticut state trooper, and his wife start their new life. Soon after moving, Paul makes a startling discovery. He discovers the remains of a long-forgotten Confederate soldier, along with several Civil War artifacts. Those artifacts include two glass bottles containing several clues he must decipher. Paul determines that one clue concerns the whereabouts of the lost Confederate treasury; a treasury largely comprised of gold and silver coins. He later discovers much of this gold was stolen from the United States government at the outbreak of the Civil War.

Author : Mary Anne Sadlier
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1882
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600064999

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The confederate chieftains by Mary Anne Sadlier Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 762 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : UIUC:30112055487901

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Confederate Veteran by Anonim Pdf

Author : West Point Association of Graduates (Organization).
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 866 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : WISC:89102883469

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Assembly by West Point Association of Graduates (Organization). Pdf

Author : John J. Lamb
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101010600

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The Mournful Teddy by John J. Lamb Pdf

Retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon is settling into a quieter life with his wife Ashleigh in Virginia’s mountain country, where they collect and create teddy bears. But even here, stuff happens... The day is here—and Brad Lyon is helping his wife put the finishing touches on her best bears, just in time for the Shenandoah Valley Teddy Bear Extravaganza. The event will draw fur-ball fanatics from near and far—to buy, sell, or simply ogle the bears. But the main event will be the showing of the Mourning Bear, made to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic—and worth a hefty $150,000. Then a local also meets a watery grave—and Brad Lyon spots the body floating in the Shenandoah. Old habits die hard, so Brad starts investigating like a homicide cop and finds that the deceased might have had a connection to the Mourning Bear. But the local law would prefer that Brad keep his mouth sewn shut...

Author : Phillip Thomas Tucker
Publisher : Garland Reference Library of t
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015041092464

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The Forgotten "Stonewall of the West" by Phillip Thomas Tucker Pdf

Parallels the lives of Bowen and Grant, and argues that Bowen was one of the best commanders of the Confederacy. For Civil War buffs. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Ben La Bree
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Confederate States of America
ISBN : IOWA:31858028700031

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The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War, 1861-1865 by Ben La Bree Pdf

Author : Wesley Millett,Gerald White
Publisher : Cumberland House Publishing
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1581826699

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The Rebel and the Rose by Wesley Millett,Gerald White Pdf

In April 1865 the Civil War is over for most Americans. Confederate President Jefferson Davis flees Richmond, the Southern capital, accompanied by most of his administration, a cavalry escort, various hangers-on, and the Confederate treasury.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Department of State Division of Historical Resources
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Battlefields
ISBN : 1889030228

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Florida Civil War Heritage Trail by Anonim Pdf

"Includes a background essay on the history of the Civil War in Florida, a timeline of events, 31 sidebars on important Florida topics, issues and individuals of the period, and a selected bibliography. It also includes information on over 200 battlefields, fortifications, buildings, cemeteries, museum exhibits, monuments, historical markers, and other sites in Florida with direct links to the Civil War"--[p. 2] of cover.

Author : Cate Lineberry
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781250101877

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Be Free or Die: The Amazing Story of Robert Smalls' Escape from Slavery to Union Hero by Cate Lineberry Pdf

***Finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize*** Henry Louis Gates, Jr: "A stunning tale of a little-known figure in history." Candice Millard: “Be Free or Die makes you want to stand up and cheer.” The astonishing true story of Robert Smalls’ amazing journey from slave to Union hero and ultimately United States Congressman. It was a mild May morning in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1862, the second year of the Civil War, when a twenty-three-year-old slave named Robert Smalls did the unthinkable and boldly seized a Confederate steamer. With his wife and two young children hidden on board, Smalls and a small crew ran a gauntlet of heavily armed fortifications in Charleston Harbor and delivered the valuable vessel and the massive guns it carried to nearby Union forces. To be unsuccessful was a death sentence for all. Smalls’ courageous and ingenious act freed him and his family from slavery and immediately made him a Union hero while simultaneously challenging much of the country’s view of what African Americans were willing to do to gain their freedom. After his escape, Smalls served in numerous naval campaigns off Charleston as a civilian boat pilot and eventually became the first black captain of an Army ship. In a particularly poignant moment Smalls even bought the home that he and his mother had once served in as house slaves. Cate Lineberry's Be Free or Die is a compelling narrative that illuminates Robert Smalls’ amazing journey from slave to Union hero and ultimately United States Congressman. This captivating tale of a valuable figure in American history gives fascinating insight into the country's first efforts to help newly freed slaves while also illustrating the many struggles and achievements of African Americans during the Civil War.