The Civil War : strange & fascinating facts
Burke Davis (Author), Raymond F. Houhlihan (Illustrator)
Wonderfully entertaining look at some intriguing oddities, unusual incidents, and colorful personalities connected with the Civil War. Includes 25 names the war was known by, personal quirks of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, and more
Print Book, English, 1982
Fairfax Press : Distributed by Crown Publishers, New York, 1982
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249 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780517371510, 0517371510
8032039
Why the boom?
The travail of Wilmer McLean
House divided
Firsts
The first battle
Mr. Lincoln's beard
The blockade
Music, music
War in the air
The machine gun
A general's grammar
How young they were!
Famous onlookers
Which war?
John Brown ignites a war
The widow Fritchie
Imported warriors
The Rains brothers
Riots on the home front
The inner man
Was Stonewall Jackson a hypochondriac?
The marvelous ram Albemarle
Some oddities of this odd war
Spies at work
The Gettysburg address
The hero of Gettysburg
Sex in the Civil War
The submarine Hunley
Lincoln's subs
What they said about U.S. Grant
Dixie
Symbols of the lost cause
The perfect battle
The human side of Robert E. Lee
Aftermath-at-arms
The price in blood
The war is not over
Atrocities
The folklore
Reprint. Originally published: Our incredible Civil War. First edition. New York : Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, 1960