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• ISBN: 9780762711659
• ISBN: 0762711655
• Physical Description: viii, 136 pages ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: Guilford, CT : Globe Pequot Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (page 129-131) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Gunpowder from Urine 1 -- Story of "Taps" 5 -- Death of the Wooden Navy 9 -- An Unusual Air Force 13 -- Double Life of Frank Thompson/Emma Seelye 17 -- Stranger 21 -- Battle Caused by Three Cigars 25 -- From the Island of Malta to South Mountain, Maryland 29 -- Female Moses--Harriet Tubman 34 -- Angel of Marye's Heights 38 -- His Country's Highest Award for Bravery 42 -- Loyal Servant--Valiant Sergeant 47 -- Thunder and Lightning at Hoovers Gap 51 -- Old Man of Gettysburg 55 -- A Daring Prison Escape 59 -- Even His Enemy Congratulated Him 63 -- Historic Voyage of the CSS Hunley 67 -- A Battle off the Coast of France 71 -- He Died in Place of His Brother 76 -- Raiding Rebels on the Rampage 81 -- Plot to Destroy Chicago 85 -- A Sad Homecoming 90 -- Lincoln's Favorite Song 94 -- He Broke Into a Prisoner of War Camp 98 -- Angel of the Battlefield--Clara Barton 102 -- Bom Dia, Y'All 106 -- War Taught Him to Love Horses 110 -- United in Death 114 -- A Little Bit of Dixie in Wisconsin 118 -- Little Sorrel's Story 122 -- A Potpourri of Civil War Facts 126.

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United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Anecdotes.
United States > Civil War, 1861-1865 > History > Social aspects > Anecdotes.
United States > Civil War, 1861-1865 > History > Biography > Anecdotes.

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Anecdotes.
Biographies.

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