Civil War Myths and Legends

The True Stories behind History's Mysteries

AvMichael R. Bradley

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Experience the Civil War's most eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and myths and legends related and debunked. From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Civil War Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart.

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Utgivningsdatum:2019-05-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Myths and Mysteries Series
Antal sidor:208
Upplaga:2
Förlag:Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN:9781493039760

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Michael R. Bradley lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, on the former picket line of a Civil War fort. In addition to being a professor, he is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Southern Historical Association, American Association of University Professors, and the Society for Military History. He is also the author of Globe Pequot’s It Happened in the Revolutionary War and Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War.

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PrefaceWORDS-WAR-WILDERNESSTHE YANKEE BEHIND BEDFORD FORREST’S SADDLE ULYSSES S. GRANT: THE PERPETUAL DRUNK?STONEWALL’S LEMONS The Legendary Courage of Alonzo Cushing The Enigma of Black Slaveholders THE LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD: FOLLOWING THE MONEYWHAT BECAME OF THE “BULL PUPS”?BATTLEFIELD HOSPITALS AND CIVIL WAR MEDICINE THE UNEXPLAINED SINKING OF THE HUNLEYBEDECKED WITH A BONNET IN BALTIMORETHE STRANGE CIVIL WAR CAREER OF BUSHROD JOHNSONTHE MYSTERY OF THE DAMAGE INSIDE THE TURRET OF U.S.S. MONITORREVENGE AND RESPECT: THE LEGACY OF ARLINGTON CEMETERY