Stories Of The Civil War
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Author |
: Ronald S Coddington |
Publisher |
: Johns Hopkins University Press+ORM |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 2012-11-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781421410395 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1421410397 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis Faces of the Civil War by : Ronald S Coddington
Archival images and biographical sketches of Union soldiers tell the stories of their lives during and after the Civil War. Before leaving to fight in the Civil War, many Union and Confederate soldiers posed for a carte de visite, or visiting card, to give to their families, friends, or sweethearts. Invented in 1854 by a French photographer, the carte de visite was a small photographic print roughly the size of a modern trading card. The format arrived in America on the eve of the Civil War, fueling intense demand for the keepsakes. Many cards of Civil War soldiers survive today, but the experiences?and often the names?of the individuals portrayed have been lost to time. A passionate collector of Civil War–era photography, Ron Coddington researched the history behind these anonymous faces in military records, pension files, and other public and personal documents. In Faces of the Civil War, Coddington presents 77 cartes de visite of Union soldiers from his collection and tells the stories of their lives during and after the war. These soldiers came from all walks of life. All were volunteers. Their personal stories reveal a tremendous diversity in their experience of war: many served with distinction, some were captured, some never saw combat while others saw little else. The lives of survivors were even more disparate. While some made successful transitions back to civilian life, others suffered permanent physical and mental disabilities, which too often wrecked their families and careers. In compelling words and haunting pictures, Faces of the Civil War offers a unique perspective on the most dramatic and wrenching period in American history.
Author |
: Erik Ching |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 363 |
Release |
: 2016-08-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469628677 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469628678 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (77 Downloads) |
Synopsis Stories of Civil War in El Salvador by : Erik Ching
El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the terrorizing and targeting of civilians by death squads, recruitment of child soldiers, and the death and disappearance of more than 75,000 people. Examining El Salvador's vibrant life-story literature written in the aftermath of this terrible conflict--including memoirs and testimonials--Erik Ching seeks to understand how the war has come to be remembered and rebattled by Salvadorans and what that means for their society today. Ching identifies four memory communities that dominate national postwar views: civilian elites, military officers, guerrilla commanders, and working class and poor testimonialists. Pushing distinct and divergent stories, these groups are today engaged in what Ching terms a "narrative battle" for control over the memory of the war. Their ongoing publications in the marketplace of ideas tend to direct Salvadorans' attempts to negotiate the war's meaning and legacy, and Ching suggests that a more open, coordinated reconciliation process is needed in this postconflict society. In the meantime, El Salvador, fractured by conflicting interpretations of its national trauma, is hindered in dealing with the immediate problems posed by the nexus of neoliberalism, gang violence, and outmigration.
Author |
: Tim Rowland |
Publisher |
: Skyhorse Publishing Inc. |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2011-09-27 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781616083953 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1616083956 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (53 Downloads) |
Synopsis Strange and Obscure Stories of the Civil War by : Tim Rowland
Presents a series of historical anecdotes about little-known, miscellaneous events and personal experiences of the American Civil War.
Author |
: C. Brian Kelly |
Publisher |
: Cumberland House Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 1998 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1888952806 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781888952803 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (06 Downloads) |
Synopsis Best Little Stories from the Civil War by : C. Brian Kelly
A collection of more than one hundred true stories from the Civil War era that recount the exploits of key figures and chronicle important events that shaped the war.
Author |
: Ambrose Bierce |
Publisher |
: Courier Corporation |
Total Pages |
: 128 |
Release |
: 2012-03-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780486111568 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0486111563 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (68 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil War Stories by : Ambrose Bierce
Sixteen dark and vivid tales by great satirist: "A Horseman in the Sky," "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge," "Chicakamauga," "A Son of the Gods," "What I Saw of Shiloh," more. Note.
Author |
: Webb Garrison |
Publisher |
: GuildAmerica Books |
Total Pages |
: 294 |
Release |
: 1994 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015056925822 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil War Curiosities by : Webb Garrison
This fascinating collection explores the unusual and often bizarre persons,attitudes, and events of the Civil War. Illustrated and indexed.
Author |
: Judkin Browning |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 272 |
Release |
: 2020-02-20 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469655390 |
ISBN-13 |
: 146965539X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (90 Downloads) |
Synopsis An Environmental History of the Civil War by : Judkin Browning
This sweeping new history recognizes that the Civil War was not just a military conflict but also a moment of profound transformation in Americans' relationship to the natural world. To be sure, environmental factors such as topography and weather powerfully shaped the outcomes of battles and campaigns, and the war could not have been fought without the horses, cattle, and other animals that were essential to both armies. But here Judkin Browning and Timothy Silver weave a far richer story, combining military and environmental history to forge a comprehensive new narrative of the war's significance and impact. As they reveal, the conflict created a new disease environment by fostering the spread of microbes among vulnerable soldiers, civilians, and animals; led to large-scale modifications of the landscape across several states; sparked new thinking about the human relationship to the natural world; and demanded a reckoning with disability and death on an ecological scale. And as the guns fell silent, the change continued; Browning and Silver show how the war influenced the future of weather forecasting, veterinary medicine, the birth of the conservation movement, and the establishment of the first national parks. In considering human efforts to find military and political advantage by reshaping the natural world, Browning and Silver show not only that the environment influenced the Civil War's outcome but also that the war was a watershed event in the history of the environment itself.
Author |
: James I. Robertson |
Publisher |
: National Geographic Books |
Total Pages |
: 356 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781426208126 |
ISBN-13 |
: 142620812X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Untold Civil War by : James I. Robertson
132 untold stories and 475 rare illustrations offer a completely new perspective on the Civil War.
Author |
: Jim Lewin |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 246 |
Release |
: 2006-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780060891503 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0060891505 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis Witness to the Civil War by : Jim Lewin
For four bloody years, the Civil War ravaged America. Those at home could only imagine the sights and events overtaking their husbands and sons, fathers and brothers who were under arms. Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper was a primary source of information during those dark days. The reporters and artists who traveled with the armies were eyewitnesses to events, great and small, for their captivated readers. Sometimes the news was sensational. At other times it was tragic. But it was always eagerly sought after. Here are the accounts, in pictures and stories, of those first wartime journalists. Here are their reports from the front lines. Here is the Civil War's news as originally presented to loved ones at home. Here you will find images of the battles, the leaders, the camp life, and of the soldiers who gave their all for North and South. In your hands you hold the testimony of those who were Witness to the Civil War.
Author |
: Carol A. Shively |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2015-02 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1590911679 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781590911679 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Asians and Pacific Islanders and the Civil War by : Carol A. Shively