Winner of the Douglas SOuthall Freeman Award in history, here is the Southern story of the War Between the States in the words of the men and women who experienced it. The stories are enhanced by more than 200 period photos and illustrations.
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Winner of the Douglas Southall Freeman Award in history, here is the Southern story of the War Between the States in the words of the men and women who experienced it, enhanced by more than 200 period photographs.
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Here is the Southern story of the War Between the States?in the words of the men and women who experienced it. Enhanced with almost 200 period photographs and illustrations?including many never before published?this is a personal, firsthand account of the Southern soldiers and civilians caught in the deadliest, most destructive war ever to be fought in America.
From the war's romantic, heady first days, when the men of the South rushed to don the gray, to the final collapse of the Confederacy, when much of the South lay smoldering in grim ruins, The Illustrated Confederate Reader captures the reality and the drama of that terrible, memorable era of American history.
The book opens with a parade of period photographs depicting the soldiers of the South as they appeared, and concludes with a pictorial essay on the South's aging veterans?young Confederates grown old, holding on to the memories of the Lost Cause. In between?in the words of the participants, accompanied by contemporary photographs and illustrations?are depicted the daily life of Johnny Reb, the sacrifices and perils of the South's civilian population, the unforgettable elements of combat in the nation's bloodiest war, the agony of Northern prison camps, and the fiery destruction wrought against the South by Sherman's victorious, vengeful army. Featured, too, is a biographical album of famous Confederates?Lee, Jackson, Cleburne, Morgan, Semmes, Stuart, Davis, Longstreet, and Forrest?first-person accounts of the Legends in Gray.
Unique in the historiography of the War Between the States, The Illustrated Confederate Reader is a handsomely designed, freshly researched study of the epic Southern struggle for independence. It will enthrall and delight Civil War buffs, fascinate partisans of the South, and captivate anyone interested in real-life stories from American history. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From the war's romantic, heady first days, when the men of the South rushed to don the gray, to the final collapse of the Confederacy, when much of the South lay smoldering in grim ruins, The Illustrated Confederate Reader captures the reality and the drama of that terrible, memorable era of American history.
The book opens with a parade of period photographs depicting the soldiers of the South as they appeared, and concludes with a pictorial essay on the South's aging veterans?young Confederates grown old, holding on to the memories of the Lost Cause. In between?in the words of the participants, accompanied by contemporary photographs and illustrations?are depicted the daily life of Johnny Reb, the sacrifices and perils of the South's civilian population, the unforgettable elements of combat in the nation's bloodiest war, the agony of Northern prison camps, and the fiery destruction wrought against the South by Sherman's victorious, vengeful army. Featured, too, is a biographical album of famous Confederates?Lee, Jackson, Cleburne, Morgan, Semmes, Stuart, Davis, Longstreet, and Forrest?first-person accounts of the Legends in Gray.
Unique in the historiography of the War Between the States, The Illustrated Confederate Reader is a handsomely designed, freshly researched study of the epic Southern struggle for independence. It will enthrall and delight Civil War buffs, fascinate partisans of the South, and captivate anyone interested in real-life stories from American history. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The editors of this book have collected a large number of very interesting primary texts -- battlefield stories, interviews of ex-slaves, civilians' memories, and so on. They've combined them with a number of little-seen photos, including one which has got to be the most disturbing battlefield casualties shot I've seen yet. Amateurs in particular will enjoy this book. I did find a couple of flaws: the selections have been edited with a ... marking where material has been excised, and that made me wonder what I was missing. Also, the introductory passages to each section are pretty basic. Strangely, in the brief bio of General Cleburne, one of his most important achievements, his suggestion that the slaves be freed in exchange for service in the Confederate army, is never mentioned. So in terms of scholarship this may be a little questionable here and there, but it's certainly an enjoyable volume.
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Very real, very good,
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The Illustrated Confederate Reader by Rod GraggPublished in 1989 this is the type of book that should be part of every high school History curricula - simply because it is the kind of book that actually generates the interest and desire to learn more about its' subject. Gragg's work basically makes the Civil War real. It shows the reader real people in the middle of real lives in real places in the middle of a surreal five years in our History. That's how it allows the reader to finally connect with the Civil War and its' Reality.
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Johnny Reb, South Carolina, North Carolina, General Lee, Army of Northern Virginia, Court House, Little Rock, Fort Delaware, First Manassas, Stonewall Jackson, United States, War Between the States, John Hunt Morgan, Johnson's Island, Marse Cain, Starry Cross, Aunt Penny, Captain Robinson, Fort Pulaski, General Barksdale, General Pickett, James Longstreet, New Ironsides, Virginia Infantry, Fort Sumter New!
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- South Carolina: The Palmetto State (Guide to American States) by Janice Parker on 6 pages
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War by Rh Value Publishing on 4 pages
- Christ in the Camp by J. William Jones in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Long Roll by Mary Johnston in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Bedford Forrest: and His Critter Company by Andrew Nelson Lytle in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- From Fields of Fire and Glory: Letters of the Civil War by Rod Gragg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Commitment To Valor A Unique Portrait Of Robert E. Lee In His Own Words by Rod Gragg in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- So Good a Cause: A Decade of the Southern Partisan by Oran P. Smith in Back Matter
- Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee (Leaders in Action) by J Steven Wilkins in Back Matter
- Life and Death in Civil War Prisons: The Parallel Torments of Corporal John Wesly Minnich, C.S.A. and Sergeant Warren Lee Goss, U.S.A. by J Michael Martinez in Back Matter
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