From the excitement of enlistment and going off to war, to the relaxation of camp life and the horrors of battle, this book examines the diverse experiences of the common Civil War soldier.
Blake was the first African American to actually receive a Medal of Honor, which was presented to him in 1864. Carney did not receive his until 1900. But because Carney's action occurred first, he usually is credited with being the ...
This volume briefly examines how soldiers lived and fought during the American Civil War.
FRANCIS REDDING TILLOU NICHOLLS LOUIS LANA's HONEST POLITICLAN RANCIS REDDING Tillou NiCHolls rode a bandwagon of reform and popularity to postwar success in Louisiana. He did so in part from having donated two appendages to his country ...
Civil War Soldiers is a fresh and compelling attempt to fathom the war's significance—then and now—and makes immediate the charged issues and bitter ironies of a nation torn by a conflict over the common ideals of liberty and justice.
In Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. These soldiers came from all walks of life. All were volunteers.
How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S. Carmichael's sweeping new study of men at war.
Why Men Fought in the Civil War James M. McPherson. 2. Bell Irvin Wiley, The Life of Billy Yank (Indianapolis, 1952), 40; Chauncey Cooke to Doe Cooke, Jan. 6, 1863, in "A Badger Boy in Blue: The Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke,” WMH 4 ...
Analyzes many aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for many skirmishes, and offers insight into the war's psychology, ideology, economics, leadership, and geography.
Charley ( or Charlotte ) Anderson , of Cleaveland . ... She has told me the truth , I think , about herself . " There can be no doubt that general knowledge of women discovered while serving in Union regiments contributed to Patrick's ...
This book refutes the historical slander that blacks did not fight for their emancipation from slavery.