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Why did Abraham Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? was the Gettysburg Address written on the back of an envelope? Where did the Underground Railroad run? Did General Sherman really say, "War is Hell"? If you can't answer these questions, you're not alone. Millions of Americans, bored by dull textbooks, are in the dark about the most significant event in our history. Now New York Times bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sorting out the players, the politics, and the key events - Emancipation and Reconstruction, Shiloh and Gettysburg, Generals Grant and Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe, and much more. Drawing on moving eyewitness accounts, Davis includes a wealth of "hidden history" about the roles played by women and African Americans before and during the war, along with lesser-known facts that will enthrall even learned Civil War buffs. Vivid, informative, and hugely entertaining, Don't Know Much About the Civil War is the only book you'll ever need on "the war that never ended."
Civil War Witnesses and Their Books: New Perspectives on Iconic
Works serves as a wide-ranging analysis of texts written by
individuals who experienced the American Civil War. Edited by Gary
W. Gallagher and Stephen Cushman, this volume, like its companion,
Civil War Writing: New Perspectives on Iconic Texts (2019),
features the voices of authors who felt compelled to convey their
stories for a variety of reasons. Some produced works intended
primarily for their peers, while others were concerned with how
future generations would judge their wartime actions. One diarist
penned her entries with no thought that they would later become
available to the public. The essayists explore the work of five men
and three women, including prominent Union and Confederate
generals, the wives of a headline-seeking US cavalry commander and
a Democratic judge from New York City, a member of Robert E. Lee's
staff, a Union artillerist, a matron from Richmond's sprawling
Chimborazo Hospital, and a leading abolitionist US senator. Civil
War Witnesses and Their Books shows how some of those who lived
through the conflict attempted to assess its importance and frame
it for later generations. Their voices have particular resonance
today and underscore how rival memory traditions stir passion and
controversy, providing essential testimony for anyone seeking to
understand the nation's greatest trial and its aftermath.
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Chasing Shadows
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Clifford Patrick Hall; Edited by Ross Beckwith; Translated by Dianna Schreuer
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