Curiosities of the Civil War · Strange Stories, Infamous Characters and Bizarre Events by Garrison, Webb -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

1. Lincoln and Davis Started Out Less Than One Hundred Miles Apart 2. Famous—Or Soon to Be 3. Never Say Die

P ART T WO : S UPPORTING M EMBERS OF THE C AST

4. Many Wives Did More Than Knit Socks 5. Clergymen “Fought Like Hell” 6. The Role of Hostages in the Struggle for Supremacy 7. Horses Kept the War Alive 8. Civil War Critters

P ART T HREE : N O T WO M ILITARY E VENTS W ERE I DENTICAL

9. In the Heat of Battle 10. Black Soldiers Fell Short of Equality 11. Sights and Sounds of Combat 12. “The War Is to Be Illuminated by Burning Cities and Villages” 13. Outmoded Weapons Made “Sitting Ducks” of Many Users 14. Strange New Weapons 15. Officers Were of Many Varieties, But Only One Color 16. Ships, Seas, and Rivers 17. “Rally Round the Flag, Boys!” 18. Analysis, Prediction, and Wishful Thinking 19. Providence, Fate, or Chance? 20. Time Doesn’t Always Fly 21. Of Life and Death

P ART F OUR : E YE OF THE B EHOLDER

22. No One Called Lincoln Handsome 23. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous 24. War Makers as Appraised by Their Contemporaries

P ART F IVE : B EYOND THE H EADLINES

25. Atrocity, War Fever, or Journalistic Hype? 26. “Silent Battles” Defy Explanation 27. Abolition of Slavery Not the Union Goal in 1861

P ART S IX : T HE U NUSUAL AND B IZARRE

28. Banishment and Deportation 29. Self-Inflicted Casualties 30. Accidentally On Purpose 31. Things That Couldn’t Be Counted

P ART S EVEN : T HINGS C HANGE

32. Down the Ringing Grooves of Change 33. The Names Were Changed 34. Their Mothers Wouldn’t Have Known Them 35. Naval Chaos

P ART E IGHT : N OTORIOUS AND N ONESUCH

36. First Times 37. Claims to Fame 38. Distinctively Obscure 39. One of a Kind

P ART N INE : T HE M ONEY T RAIL

40. Big Tickets to Small Change 41. Payday Some Day 42. For the Right Price 43. Ransoms, Rewards, and Prizes 44. The Golden Touch

Conclusion Selected Bibliography Index