The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African Americans in the Civil War's defining battle / Margaret S. Creighton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Creighton, Margaret S., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Immigrants--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--History--19th century.

Immigrants.

Women, White--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--History--19th century.

Women, White.

African Americans--Pennsylvania--Gettysburg--History--19th century.

African Americans.

History.

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