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Author : Webb Garrison (Jr.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780884864301
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
Download or read book Strange Battles of the Civil War written by Webb Garrison (Jr.) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a survey of twenty-three battles of the American Civil War.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 1418530689
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)
Download or read book Friendly Fire in the Civil War written by Webb Garrison and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1999-04-12 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Tim Rowland
Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1616083956
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)
Download or read book Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War written by Tim Rowland and published by Skyhorse Publishing Inc.. This book was released on 2011-09-27 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a series of historical anecdotes about little-known, miscellaneous events and personal experiences of the American Civil War.
Author : Burke Davis
Publisher : Wings
ISBN 13 : 9780517371510
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Civil War, Strange & Fascinating Facts written by Burke Davis and published by Wings. This book was released on 1960 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys technological inventions, prominent personalities, battles, and clandestine operations in addition to relating bizarre incidents, famous firsts, and unusual facts about the Civil War
Author : John A. Kaufhold
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595337635
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)
Download or read book Unusual Battles of the Civil War written by John A. Kaufhold and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting stories from Civil War History.
Author : Webb Garrison
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1595553606
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)
Download or read book Curiosities of the Civil War written by Webb Garrison and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2011-02-27 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : GuildAmerica Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)
Download or read book Civil War Curiosities written by Webb Garrison and published by GuildAmerica Books. This book was released on 1994 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating collection explores the unusual and often bizarre persons,attitudes, and events of the Civil War. Illustrated and indexed.
Author : Tim Rowland
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1628731001
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)
Download or read book Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War written by Tim Rowland and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War is an entertaining look at the Civil War stories that don’t get told, and the misadventures you haven’t read about in history books. Share in all the humorous and strange events that took place behind the scenes of some of the most famous Civil War moments. Picture a pedestal in a public park with no statue on top; Rowland’s book explains that when the members of the New York Monument Commission went to hire a sculptor to finish the statue, they were shocked to discover that there was no money left in the agency’s accounts to pay for the project. The money for the statue of Dan Sickles had been stolen—stolen by former monument committee chairman Dan Sickles! Brig. Gen. Philip Kearny was the son of a New York tycoon who had helped found the New York Stock Exchange, and who groomed his boy to be a force on Wall Street. The younger Kearny decided his call was to be a force on the field of battle, so despite a law degree and an inheritance of better than $1 million, he joined the U.S. Army and studied cavalry tactics in France. His dashing figure in the saddle earned him the name of Kearny the Magnificent, probably because Kearny rode with a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other while holding the horse’s reins in his teeth. This habit proved useful after he lost his left arm in the Mexican War, because he was able to continue to wave his sword with all the menace to which he was accustomed while still guiding his horse.
Author : Burke Davis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Civil War written by Burke Davis and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Gregory Coco
Publisher : Casemate Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1940669782
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)
Download or read book A Strange and Blighted Land written by Gregory Coco and published by Casemate Publishers. This book was released on 2018-03-19 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An exhaustive compilation of first-hand accounts of the Gettysburg battlefield in the days, weeks, and months following the fight . . . heartbreaking.” —Austin Civil War Round Table Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) was the largest battle fought on the American continent. Remarkably few who study it contemplate what came after the armies marched away. Who would care for the tens of thousands of wounded? What happened to the thousands of dead men, horses, and tons of detritus scattered in every direction? How did the civilians cope with their radically changed lives? Gregory Coco’s A Strange and Blighted Land offers a comprehensive account of these and other issues. Arranged in a series of topical chapters, A Strange and Blighted Land begins with a tour of the battlefield, mostly through eyewitness accounts, of the death and destruction littering the sprawling landscape. Once the size and scope are exposed to readers, Coco moves on to discuss the dead of Gettysburg, North and South, how their remains were handled, and how and why the Gettysburg National Cemetery was established. The author also discusses at length how the wounded and prisoners were handled and the fate of the thousands of stragglers and deserters left behind once the armies left before concluding with the preservation efforts that culminated in the establishment of the Gettysburg National Military Park in 1895. Coco’s prose is gripping, personal, and brutally honest. There is no mistaking where he comes down on the issue: There was nothing pretty or glorious or romantic about a battle—especially once the fighting ended.
