Traces the stormy history of the Medal of Honor through the solving of a "mystery" that surrounded the 28th Maine and the barrelful of medals it received in 1865.
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Brilliant take on the Civil War!,
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This review is from: Shower of Stars, A: The Medal of Honor and the 27th Maine (Hardcover)
A Shower of Stars is a fascinating book about the Civil War. This is a true study of our American History, Mr. Pullen has reseached and interviewed the historians of the Civil War era. The anthropological skills of this author is amazing! In each of our attics (storage places), holds the future of the truth. I wholeheartedly endorse this book. A Shower of Stars is brilliantly written!
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OF ALL THE MEDALS issued by the United States Government there is one which has a somber glory all its own-a luster tinged with the shadow of death-for its recipients in most cases have confronted what a soldier once called the King of Terrors and have either survived or perished while exemplifying the word it bears upon its face, VALOR. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
official medal, new medal, old medals, honor list, civilian scouts, adjutant general Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
War Department, Civil War, Secretary of War, Mark Wentworth, United States, Calvin Hayes, World War, Navy Yard, York County, Colonel Wentworth, Frank Neal, Arlington Heights, Army of the Potomac, Judge Advocate General, Bull Run, President Lincoln, Captain Warren, General Miles, Gideon Welles, Governor of Maine, Military Secretary, New York, Admiral Cobb, Air Force, Charles Farwell New!
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OF ALL THE MEDALS issued by the United States Government there is one which has a somber glory all its own-a luster tinged with the shadow of death-for its recipients in most cases have confronted what a soldier once called the King of Terrors and have either survived or perished while exemplifying the word it bears upon its face, VALOR. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
official medal, new medal, old medals, honor list, civilian scouts, adjutant general Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
War Department, Civil War, Secretary of War, Mark Wentworth, United States, Calvin Hayes, World War, Navy Yard, York County, Colonel Wentworth, Frank Neal, Arlington Heights, Army of the Potomac, Judge Advocate General, Bull Run, President Lincoln, Captain Warren, General Miles, Gideon Welles, Governor of Maine, Military Secretary, New York, Admiral Cobb, Air Force, Charles Farwell New!
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- The Twentieth Maine by John J. Pullen in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Civil War: The Vindication of Richard Atkyns, Esq and the Military Memoirs of Captain John Gwyn (Military memoirs) by Richard Atkyns in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Valley Forge by John W. Jackson in Back Matter
- In Memoriam: A Practical Guide to Planning a Memorial Service by Amanda Bennett in Back Matter
- In December by Gloria Davis on page 34
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- LINCOLN'S MEN: How President Lincoln Became Father to an Army and a Nation by William C. Davis in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scarborough in the Twentieth Century (ME) (Images of America) by Rodney Laughton on page 106
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