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Author
Series
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
[2019].
Language
English
Description
"Experience the Civil War's most eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and myths and legends related and debunked. From the legend of the Yankee "human shield" behind Nathan Bedford Forrest's saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Civil WarMyths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart." --
Author
Publisher
Cumberland House
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In this engaging survey of twenty-three battles of the American Civil War, several of these peculiarities are highlighted. These intriguing tales include naval engagements, naval battles against land forces, cover-ups and scapegoats, unexpected combat, and military blunders.
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2023]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Personal accounts of nurses, soldiers, and more tell the stories of unfamiliar figures of the US Civil War. Learn about the women, people of color, and others who played a crucial role in the war"--
10) Secret lives of the Civil War: what your teachers never told you about the War between the States
Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
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.
Publisher
Capper Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Language
English
Description
"A collection of letters from contributors representing two generations. The first is a series of readers' letters published in an April 1961 Civil War Centennial edition of Capper's weekly, now Capper's. The second series of letters are from the readers of Capper's and Grit in 1993"--Foreword.
Author
Publisher
Casemate Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Albert Nofi tells the story of the American War through a range of insightful essays, anecdotes, and facts. Did you know...- During the final days of the war, some Richmond citizens would throw "Starvation Parties," at which elegantly attired guests would gather at soirees where the finest silver and crystal tableware was used, though there were usually no refreshments except water.- Union Rear-Admiral Goldsborough was nicknamed "Old Guts", not so...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From the birth of the Republican Party to the Confederacy's first convention, the Underground Railroad to the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, Bill O'Reilly's Legends and Lies: The Civil War reveals the amazing and often little known stories behind the battle lines of America's bloodiest war and debunks the myths that surround its greatest figures, including Harriet Tubman, Abraham Lincoln,...
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
A narrative history of the United States provides the funny, fascinating, and thoroughly compelling bits that played a part in the start of the Civil War, from the Congressional confrontations to the personal issues that threatened America's very existence.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Offers a visual perspective on the Civil War as reflected by artifacts ranging from a soldier's footlocker and the Emancipation Proclamation to leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier and Grant's handwritten terms of surrender at Appomattox.
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