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Title:

A Civil War treasury of tales, legends and folklore / edited, with an introduction, by B.A. Botkin ; illustrated by Warren Chappell.

Publisher:

Promontory Press,

Copyright Date:

1981, c1960

Description:

xx, 625 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Anecdotes.

Other Authors:

Botkin, Benjamin Albert, 1901-1975.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

44. A good war dies hard. 2. "Secession is our watchword" -- 3. "Rally round the flag" -- 4. Run, slave, run -- 5. Gone to live in a tent -- 6. Brothers' war -- 7. The bullets whistle pretty -- 8. Hard marches, hardtack, short fare, and short wear -- 9. Home front -- 10. Women at the front -- 11. "A fighting race" -- 12. Danger was their business -- 13. High command -- 14. "First gentleman of Virginia" -- 15. Stonewall was "a powerful fightin' and prayin' man" -- 16. Jeb Stuart "jines" the cavalry -- 17. Father Abraham -- 18. "Free at last" -- 19. Man of the people -- 20. The women at home -- 21. "Even if he be an enemy" -- 22. 'Scapes and scrapes -- 23. Ruses and strategems -- 24. Strange things happen in the army -- 25. Brave lads -- 26. Jackson passes over the river -- 27. Lincoln gives satisfaction -- 28. Grant fights it out on his line -- 29. Sherman was "a kind of careless man about fire" -- 30. Mission accomplished -- 31. Raid, ruse, rescue, and revenge -- 32. Officers and men -- 33. "Marse Robert" and his men -- 34. On picket -- 35. "Prisoner's fare" -- 36. Fair rebels -- 37. "And I have suffered all this for my country" -- 38. Appomattox -- 39. Last days of Lincoln -- 40. Death of Lincoln -- 41. The flight of Jefferson Davis -- 42. "I won't be reconstructed" -- 43. Return of the soldier -- 44. A good war dies hard.

ISBN:

9780883940495
0883940493

Locations:

XWPC787 -- Avoca Public Library (Avoca) — 973.7 Bot

OTAX626 -- Wilcox Library (Oskaloosa)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)