02342cam a2200337 a 4500 civilwarcuriosit00garr CaSfIA 20230525155126.0 cr|||| 940804s1994 tnua b 001 0 eng 94032169 DLC DLC LHA VP@ BAKER BTCTA YDXCP TBS LMR CaSfIA 155853315X : $9.95 9781558533158 (OCoLC)31012601 n-us--- E468.9 .G37 1994 973.7 20 Garrison, Webb B. Civil War curiosities : [electronic resource] strange stories, oddities, events, and coincidences / Webb Garrison. Nashville, Tenn. : Rutledge Hill Press, c1994. 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index. Lincoln and Davis started out less than one hundred miles apart -- Famous--or soon to be -- Never say die -- Many wives did more than knit socks -- Clergymen "fought like hell" -- The role of hostages in the struggle for supremacy -- Horses kept the war alive -- Civil War critters -- In the heat of battle -- Black soldiers fell short of equality -- Sights and sounds of combat -- "The war is to be illuminated by burning cities and villages" -- Outmoded weapons made "sitting ducks" of many users -- Strange new weapons -- Officers were of many varieties, but only one color -- Ships, seas, and rivers -- "Rally round the flag, boys!" -- Analysis, prediction, and wishful thinking -- Providence, fate, or chance? -- Time doesn't always fly -- Of life and death -- No one called Lincoln handsome -- From the sublime to the ridiculous -- War makers as appraised by their contemporaries -- Atrocity, war fever, or journalistic hype? -- "Silent battles" defy explanation -- Abolition of slavery not the Union goal in 1861. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Miscellanea. Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0609/94032169-d.html http://www.archive.org/details/civilwarcuriosit00garr Free eBook from the Internet Archive http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1106930M Additional information and access via Open Library NZ1 4590913 AU@ 000040094969 0 0 0 0 Project Gutenberg CSPC CSPC 2023-05-25 0 E468.9 .G37 1994 2023-05-25 00:00:00 2023-05-25 EBK 22553 22553