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Best Little Stories From The Civil War
C. Brian Kelly
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March 2010
On Sale: March 1, 2010
352 pages ISBN: 1402239106 EAN: 9781402239106 Paperback
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Non-Fiction | Historical
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.
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