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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African Americans in the Civil War's defining battle / Margaret S. Creighton.
Library at the Katz Center - Stacks E475.53 .C89 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Creighton, Margaret S., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
- Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--History--19th century.
- Women, White--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--History--19th century.
- African Americans--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--History--19th century.
- African Americans.
- History.
- Women, White.
- Immigrants.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Immigrant.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
- Pennsylvania--Gettysburg.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2005]
- Summary:
- An academic with a superb flair for storytelling, Creighton draws on memoirs, letters, diaries, and newspapers to presents a new look at the Battle of Gettysburg through the eyes of women, immigrant soldiers, and African Americans.
- Contents:
- The Gettysburg campaign, 1863 (chronology)
- Prologue : the lay of the land
- An afternoon in the badlands
- The season of disbelief
- Desolation's edge
- Flying thick like blackbirds
- Bold acts
- The wide eye of the storm
- The aftermath
- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword
- Women and remembrance
- Making a living on hallowed land.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-308) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0465014569
- OCLC:
- 55729805
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