Civil War Myths and Legends

The True Stories behind History's Mysteries

Michael R. Bradley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2019 | Second Edition
Globe Pequot Press (Verlag)
978-1-4930-3976-0 (ISBN)

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Experience the Civil War's most eerie occurrences, spooky events, unsolved mysteries, and myths and legends related and debunked. From the legend of the Yankee “human shield” behind Nathan Bedford Forrest’s saddle to the unexplained sinking of the Hunley, Civil War Myths and Legends makes history fun and pulls back the curtain on some of the most fascinating and compelling stories of the war that almost tore America apart.

Michael R. Bradley lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, on the former picket line of a Civil War fort. In addition to being a professor, he is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Southern Historical Association, American Association of University Professors, and the Society for Military History. He is also the author of Globe Pequot’s It Happened in the Revolutionary War and Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War.

PrefaceWORDS-WAR-WILDERNESSTHE YANKEE BEHIND BEDFORD FORREST’S SADDLE ULYSSES S. GRANT: THE PERPETUAL DRUNK?STONEWALL’S LEMONS The Legendary Courage of Alonzo Cushing The Enigma of Black Slaveholders THE LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD: FOLLOWING THE MONEYWHAT BECAME OF THE “BULL PUPS”?BATTLEFIELD HOSPITALS AND CIVIL WAR MEDICINE THE UNEXPLAINED SINKING OF THE HUNLEYBEDECKED WITH A BONNET IN BALTIMORETHE STRANGE CIVIL WAR CAREER OF BUSHROD JOHNSONTHE MYSTERY OF THE DAMAGE INSIDE THE TURRET OF U.S.S. MONITORREVENGE AND RESPECT: THE LEGACY OF ARLINGTON CEMETERY

Erscheinungsdatum	02.04.2019
Reihe/Serie	Myths and Mysteries Series
Verlagsort	Old Saybrook
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	318 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4930-3976-8 / 1493039768
ISBN-13	978-1-4930-3976-0 / 9781493039760
Zustand	Neuware