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Tales from the North and the South : twenty-four remarkable people and events of the Civil War
- Title
- Tales from the North and the South : twenty-four remarkable people and events of the Civil War / Frances H. Casstevens.
- Author
- Casstevens, Frances Harding.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2007.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Book/Text | Use in library | E467 .C39 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 374 pages : illustrations, portraits; 23 cm
- Summary
- "This book examines 24 outstanding participants in the American Civil War from both sides of the conflict, concentrating on many lesser-known personalities who nevertheless accomplished or took part in extraordinary battles, escapes and events. These stories, many previously untold, represent a wide range of unique Civil War personalities and events"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography – Anecdotes.
- History.
- Anecdotes
- Biography
- Biographies.
- Anecdotes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index.
- Contents
- James J. Andrews and the great locomotive chase : (the Andrews Raid): a civilian who risked his life and lost -- Private Jesse Virgil Dobbins : patriotic hero or murdering traitor? -- Captain Dan Ellis : the slippery "Old Red Fox" of East Tennessee -- General William Jackson Palmer : an officer and a gentleman sometimes equal a hero -- Colonel Thomas Rose : architect of the Libby tunnel -- Colonel Robert Gould Shaw : "greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13 -- Mrs. Susie Baker King Taylor : among noble women, courage has no color -- Brigadier General John Basil Turchin and Nadine Turchin : the "Mad Cossack" and his courageous wife -- Miss Elizabeth Van Lew : "Crazy Bet," the disguise of a master spy -- Dr. Mary E. Walker : slightly ahead of her time, but time has proven her correct -- Brigadier General Edward A. Wild : Beelzebub or avenging archangel? -- Colonel Powell T. Wyman : somewhat tarnished, but still a hero -- Brigadier General James J. Archer : a "Little Gamecock" or a "god of war" -- Captain Robert Carson Duvall : winner of first naval battle of the War between the States -- Captain E.W. Fuller : escape of Confederate prisoners from the Maple Leaf -- Sergeant Richard Rowland Kirkland : "the angel of Marye's Heights" or the "Southern Samaritan" -- Colonel Hector McAllister McKethan : from Big Bethel to Fort Fisher -- Lieutenant Robert Winship Stedman : once, twice, three times a hero -- Colonel M. Jefferson Thompson : a blundering Falstaff or the "Swamp Fox of the Confederacy" or a "military renaissance man -- Captain Sally Louisa Tompkins : the angel of Richmond -- Brigadier General Stand Watie : a Cherokee who fought with the Confederate Army -- Captain Reuben Everett Wilson : unreconciled faithful soldier or a cold-blooded murderer? -- Colonel John Reynolds Winston : a long, cold journey home -- Colonel Richard Thomas Zarvona : the spymaster, a.k.a. the "French Lady" -- Participants in the great locomotive chase -- Federal prisoners who escaped through the Libby Prison tunnel -- Confederate officers onboard the Maple Leaf -- Congressional Medal of Honor and Confederate Roll of Honor.
- ISBN
- 9780786428700
- 0786428708
- LCCN
- 2006031911
- 9780786428700
- OCLC
- ocm71812754
- 71812754
- SCSB-1414013
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library