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Creative Minds in Desperate Times
When the Civil War broke out, leaders on both sides had to develop strategies for fighting the conflict and considered almost any suggestion. This book chronicles some of the most intriguing and unusual plans devised by these leaders.
Mutiny in the Civil War
This is the first ever study on mutiny during the Civil War, covering approximately two hundred separate incidents, and in startling fashion, highlights and dramatizes the rigid class distinctions of military machines on both sides, in which the gulf between a commissioned officer and a private was stupendously wide. Here Webb Garrison dispels the romantic and nostalgic notion that every man carrying a musket or rifle revered his officers and his central government. At the same time, sources of many mutinies show us how clumsy and inefficient the war effort really was.
Webb Garrison's Civil War Dictionary
"This volume explores standard, slang, and substitute words and phrases in the vocabulary of both Billy Yank and Johnny Reb and their civilian contemporaries. It deals with syntax, battle sectors, and weapons and their components. Prisons, nicknames, generals, officeholders, named guns, horses, ships, and a few famous mascots are also treated"--Page 7
Why You Say It
The Fascinating stories behind over 600 everyday words and phrases such as... Shindig - A veteran square dance caller will tell you that bruised shins result from the swigging feet of beginning dancers. A dance that leaves telltale marks on the lower legs of participants is a "shindig," Alibi - The word is taken straight from Latin and means "elsewhere." The perfect "alibi" is to prove one was "elsewhere" when the deed was done. And many more...
How it Started
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Why You Say it
This volume traces the origins of some 600 everyday words and phrases and how they have taken on new meanings over time. --Publisher.
The Amazing Civil War
A fascinating collection of little-known stories and facts of the four-year conflict that changed America.
More Civil War Curiosities
A GLIMPSE INTO THE STRANGE PERSONS, ATTITUDES AND HAPPENINGS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865.
Great Stories of the American Revolution
Fifty-three fascinating tales introduce readers to the people, places, and events that shaped a nation and changed the world. Indexed and illustrated.
