Civil War Ghost Stories
By: Angus Konstam.
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: San Diego, California
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781592234820
Subjects: Ghosts -- United States.; Haunted places -- United States.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Miscellanea.
Genres: Miscellanea.
Description: The United States is haunted. It is haunted by a conflict that set brother against brother at a terrible cost in lives and suffering. The ghost stories of the Civil War map the conflict east and west, indicating where the anguish and the loss was greatest. This exploration of American Memory provides a unique perspective on the Civil War, and many of these stories will intrigue even the most unshakable rationalist.
Notes: Includes illustrations (some color) and bibliographical references (p. 190) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction
pagenum: 6; title: Antebellum Ghosts
pagenum: 16; title: Ghosts of the Plantation
pagenum: 18; title: Ghost Train to Freedom
pagenum: 26; title: John Brown's Body—and Spirit
pagenum: 32; title: Ghost of the East
pagenum: 38; title: The Ghosts of Antietam
pagenum: 40; title: Ghosts of Fredericksburg
pagenum: 52; title: Ghosts of Gettysburg
pagenum: 58; title: Skirmishes with Ghosts
pagenum: 74; title: Ghosts of the West
pagenum: 90; title: Ghosts of Shiloh
pagenum: 92; title: Ghosts of Murfreesboro
pagenum: 100; title: Ghosts of Lower Mississippi
pagenum: 110; title: Ghosts of Vicksburg
pagenum: 122; title: Chickamauga and Chattanooga
pagenum: 128; title: The Last Specters of Battle
pagenum: 140; title: Ghosts of Home
pagenum: 150; title: The Ghostly Lincoln Legacy
pagenum: 152; title: President Davis's Ghost
pagenum: 166; title: Ghosts of Civil War Prisons
pagenum: 174; title: Ghosts of the Bereaved
pagenum: 186; title: Tours, Web Sites and Bibliography
pagenum: 190; title: Index
pagenum: 191