Best Little Stories from the Civil War: More Than 100 True Stories Contributor(s): Kelly, C. Brian (Author) |
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ISBN: 1402239106 ISBN-13: 9781402239106 Publisher: Cumberland House OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2010 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) |
Dewey: 973.7 |
LCCN: 2009042114 |
Series: Best Little Stories |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6" W x 8.9" (1.15 lbs) 352 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This fascinating book will make the Civil War come alive with thoughts and feelings of real people.
The Civil WAR You Never Knew... 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kelly, C. Brian: - C. BRIAN KELLY, a prize-winning journalist, is cofounder of Montpelier Publishing and a former editor for Military History magazine. He is also a lecturer in newswriting at the University of Virginia. Kelly's articles have appeared in Reader's Digest, Friends, Yankee, Rod Serling's Twilight Zone, and other magazines. He is the author of several books on American history and resides in Charlottesville, Virginia. |