Best Little Stories: Voices of the Civil War: Nearly 100 True Stories

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Sourcebooks, Inc., Jul 1, 2015 - History - 368 pages

The Civil War You Never Knew...

Behind the conflict that divided a nation and forever changed its citizens are the riveting tales of the men and women who made an impact in the Civil War, both on and off the battlefield. Drawn from the writings of soldiers, slaves, politicians, and military leaders, Best Little Stories: Voices of the Civil War extends beyond the statistics and battle accounts to present the intensely personal, human side of the conflict. Fascinating characters come to life, including:

James Alexander Walker, who served with honor under Stonewall Jackson, even after he was booted from the Virginia Military Institute for talking back to the notoriously stodgy Professor Jackson.

Charles Strahan, a Confederate veteran who made strides to reconcile the Blue and Gray when he raised money to erect a monument to honor his former enemy, the soldiers of the Union army.

Gen. Julius H. Stahel, winner of the Medal of Honor, who was egregiously omitted from the official after-action report on the battle of Piedmont, Virginia, despite having led the Union forces to victory after suffering from a gunshot wound.

 

Contents

Introduction
True Soldiers
Damned Traitors
Double LeaveTakings
Lectures Suspended
Little Mac in Town
One of the Immortal 600
Brave Fellow
Cadets to the Defense
Plantation Spared
Yankee Georges Secret Love
Valor Seemingly Ignored
His Faithful Companion
Confusion over Reno
Forever Unreconstructed
A Soldiers Legacy

Jules Verne and an Alligator
Enduring Family Ties
Dispute with Stonewall
War Baby
Gettysburg Aftermath
Brother Williams
Grants Last Battle
Mary Anna Randolph Custis
Julia Dent Grant
Mary Anna Morrison Jackson
Ellen Ewing Sherman
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C. Brian Kelly
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About the author (2015)

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.

Bibliographic information

TitleBest Little Stories: Voices of the Civil War: Nearly 100 True Stories
Best Little Stories
AuthorC. Brian Kelly
ContributorIngrid Smyer
PublisherSourcebooks, Inc., 2015
ISBN1492614459, 9781492614456
Length368 pages
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History / General
History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
History / United States / General
  
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