Author: Alan A. Siegel Publisher: Rutgers University Press ISBN: 9780813529431 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 284
Book Description
"Beneath the starry flag is a collection of eyewitness accounts by New Jerseyans who lived through the Civil War. The book depicts the war years chronologically, from the days when one state, then another seceded from the Union, to the victory at Appomattox and Lincoln's funeral procession across New Jersey"--Page 4 of cover.
Author: Lucy E. Salyer Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674057635 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 329
Book Description
In 1867 forty Irish-Americans sailed for Ireland to fight against British rule. Claiming that emigrants to America remained British citizens, authorities arrested the men for treason, sparking a crisis and trial that dragged the U.S. and Britain to the brink of war. Lucy Salyer recounts this gripping tale, a prelude to today’s immigration battles.
Author: Jeannine W. Wilkins Publisher: ISBN: 9781401017309 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 424
Book Description
Historians estimate some 400 women disguised themselves as soldiers and fought during the Civil War. 18-year-old Charlotte Menefee joins the Union Army to be with her brother. At the battle of Gettysburg, Confederates threaten to break the Union line and Charlotte must prove herself as brave a soldier as any man.
Author: Christopher Hager Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 0674981812 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 360
Book Description
For men in the Union and Confederate armies and their families at home, letter writing was the sole means to communicate. Taking pen to paper was a new and daunting task, but Christopher Hager shows how ordinary people made writing their own, and how they in turn transformed the culture of letters into a popular, democratic mode of communication.
Author: André G. Bordeleau Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media ISBN: 1461409292 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 356
Book Description
Many national flags display astronomical features – Sun, Moon, stars – but are they really based on existing astronomical objects? The United States flag sports 50 stars, one for each state, however none of them are linked to real stars. Further, the lunar crescent is often shaped like the Sun being eclipsed by the Moon. At times, stars are seen right next to the crescent, where the darkened disc of the moon should be! This book will present true astronomical objects and patterns highlighted on national flags and link informative capsules about these objects to the political reasons why they were chosen to adorn such an important symbol.
Author: Aaron Sheehan-Dean Publisher: Harvard University Press ISBN: 067491631X Category : History Languages : en Pages : 430
Book Description
Discarding tidy abstractions about the conduct of war, Aaron Sheehan-Dean shows that the notoriously bloody US Civil War could have been much worse. Despite agonizing debates over Just War and careful differentiation among victims, Americans could not avoid living with the contradictions inherent in a conflict that was both violent and restrained.
Author: Alan A. Siegel
Author: Lucy E. Salyer
Author: Jeannine W. Wilkins
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Author: Gordon V. May
Author: Christopher Hager
Author: André G. Bordeleau
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