The Amazing Civil War: A Fascinating Collection of Little-Known Facts of the Four-Year Conflict That Changed America [Hardcover]

Webb B. Garrison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1999

With three million soldiers scattered along a 10,000-mile front and more than 1,000 engagements, the Civil War was one in which fascinating anecdotes, colorful stories, humorous tales, and unusual coincidences were frequent. This is written in a style similar to Garrison's best-selling Civil War Curiosities. Illustrated and indexed.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Mjf Books (May 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1567313043
• ISBN-13: 978-1567313048
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,198,306 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Webb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, including Civil War Curiosities and Civil War Trivia and Fact Book. Before his death in 2000, Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.

Customer Reviews

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42 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and captivating!!!!!!!, June 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Amazing Civil War (Paperback)

I have three of Garrison's books: The Amazing Civil War, Civil War Curiosities, and More Civil War Curiosities. I would recommend each and every book to anyone! The facts that Garrison writes about are both interesting and captivating and being a high school American History teacher, I plan on using the facts that I have found no where else to captivate my students and give them a perspective on the war that they may have never found otherwise.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun little book, July 3, 2002

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This review is from: The Amazing Civil War (Paperback)

This book is a collection of strange and little-known facts about the American Civil War. Everything is covered in this nifty little book from discipline within the armies, famous descendents and ancestors, through graft and corruption, and battles fought in the nude! (Yes, ten whole pages of them!) This is a fun little book, a nice quick read for any student of the Civil War.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Interesting and captivating!!!!!!!, June 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Amazing Civil War (Paperback)

I have three of Garrison's books: The Amazing Civil War, Civil War Curiosities, and More Civil War Curiosities. I would recommend each and every book to anyone! The facts that Garrison writes about are both interesting and captivating and being a high school American History teacher, I plan on using the facts that I have found no where else to captivate my students and give them a perspective on the war that they may have never found otherwise.