The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle /
"Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to bring to life the individuals at the heart of her narrative. In telling the stories of these participants, Margaret Creighton has written a work of original history - a narrative that is sure to redefine the Civil War's most...
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New York :
Basic Books,
[2005]
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
Table of Contents:
- The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology
- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times
- An afternoon in the badlands
- The season of disbelief
- Desolation's edge
- Flying thick like blackbirds
- Bold acts
- The wide eye of the storm
- The aftermath
- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword
- Women and remembrance
- Making a living on hallowed land.