True stories of unusual happenings during the civil war.
In 1861, Wilmer McLean, distressed that a cannon ball crashed
through his home during the battle of Bull Run, moved to a farm
where "the sound of battle would never again reach him and his
family." Almost four years later, McLean's Appomattox Court House
home was used for Lee's surrender to Grant. There wasn't damage
from cannon balls, but souvenir-hunting Union officers left
McLean's parlor bare of furniture.
After the Confederacy was defeated, Jefferson Davis was stripped
of his citizenship. He died as a man without a country. His
citizenship was restored by Congress during the administration of
Georgian Jimmy Carter.
Three members of the Guillet family were killed while riding the
same horse, which was then given to the Ohio Ninety-eighth
regiment. Three officers were killed while riding the same horse.
Lieutenant Milliner, the senior officer left on the field, then
jumped on the jinxed horse. He escaped death, but suffered all his
life from an arm shatterred by a minie ball while he was in the
saddle.
"Civil War Curiosities" uncovers those unusual persons,
attitudes, and events that take you beyond a textbook understanding
of the Civil War. A collection of fascinating anecdotes and
colorful stories, this book covers a wide variety of subjects,
including "newfangled" weapons that changed the nature of war, the
press' outrageous inaccuracy in covering the conflict, the
phenomenon of "silent battles, " and various disguises, atrocities,
and mix-ups.
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