Tales from the North and the South
Subtitle: twenty-four remarkable people and events of the Civil War
By: Frances H. Casstevens.
Publisher: McFarland & Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 374
ISBN-13: 9780786428700
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography -- Anecdotes; United States -- Biography -- Anecdotes; Confederate States of America -- Biography -- Anecdotes; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Anecdotes
Genres: Biography; Anecdotes.
Description: "This book examines 24 outstanding participants in the American Civil War from both sides of the conflict, concentrating on many lesser-known personalities who nevertheless accomplished or took part in extraordinary battles, escapes and events. These stories, many previously untold, represent a wide range of unique Civil War personalities and events"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-362) and index.
Table of contents: title: James J. Andrews and the great locomotive chase : (the Andrews Raid): a civilian who risked his life and lost; title: Private Jesse Virgil Dobbins : patriotic hero or murdering traitor?; title: Captain Dan Ellis : the slippery "Old Red Fox" of East Tennessee; title: General William Jackson Palmer : an officer and a gentleman sometimes equal a hero; title: Colonel Thomas Rose : architect of the Libby tunnel; title: Colonel Robert Gould Shaw : "greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends" John 15:13; title: Mrs. Susie Baker King Taylor : among noble women, courage has no color; title: Brigadier General John Basil Turchin and Nadine Turchin : the "Mad Cossack" and his courageous wife; title: Miss Elizabeth Van Lew : "Crazy Bet," the disguise of a master spy; title: Dr. Mary E. Walker : slightly ahead of her time, but time has proven her correct; title: Brigadier General Edward A. Wild : Beelzebub or avenging archangel?; title: Colonel Powell T. Wyman : somewhat tarnished, but still a hero; title: Brigadier General James J. Archer : a "Little Gamecock" or a "god of war"; title: Captain Robert Carson Duvall : winner of first naval battle of the War between the States; title: Captain E.W. Fuller : escape of Confederate prisoners from the Maple Leaf; title: Sergeant Richard Rowland Kirkland : "the angel of Marye's Heights" or the "Southern Samaritan"; title: Colonel Hector McAllister McKethan : from Big Bethel to Fort Fisher; title: Lieutenant Robert Winship Stedman : once, twice, three times a hero; title: Colonel M. Jefferson Thompson : a blundering Falstaff or the "Swamp Fox of the Confederacy" or a "military renaissance man; title: Captain Sally Louisa Tompkins : the angel of Richmond; title: Brigadier General Stand Watie : a Cherokee who fought with the Confederate Army; title: Captain Reuben Everett Wilson : unreconciled faithful soldier or a cold-blooded murderer?; title: Colonel John Reynolds Winston : a long, cold journey home; title: Colonel Richard Thomas Zarvona : the spymaster, a.k.a. the "French Lady"; title: Participants in the great locomotive chase; title: Federal prisoners who escaped through the Libby Prison tunnel; title: Confederate officers onboard the Maple Leaf; title: Congressional Medal of Honor and Confederate Roll of Honor.