02069cam a2200253 4500 517229268 TxAuBib 940804s1994||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 94032169 9781558533158 155853315X (OCoLC)21122 DLC DLC LHA VP@ BAKER BTCTA YDXCP TBS LMR KRX MJO TxAuBib Garrison, Webb B. Civil War curiosities : strange stories, oddities, events, and coincidences / Webb Garrison. Nashville, Tenn : Rutledge Hill Press, 1994. 281 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-269) and index. Lincoln and Davis started out less than one hundred miles apart -- Famous--or soon to be -- Never say die -- Many wives did more than knit socks -- Clergymen ""fought like hell"" -- The role of hostages in the struggle for supremacy -- Horses kept the war alive -- Civil War critters -- In the heat of battle -- Black soldiers fell short of equality -- Sights and sounds of combat -- ""The war is to be illuminated by burning cities and villages"" -- Outmoded weapons made ""sitting ducks"" of many users -- Strange new weapons -- Officers were of many varieties, but only one color -- Ships, seas, and rivers -- ""Rally round the flag, boys!"" -- Analysis, prediction, and wishful thinking -- Providence, fate, or chance? -- Time doesn't always fly -- Of life and death -- No one called Lincoln handsome -- From the sublime to the ridiculous -- War makers as appraised by their contemporaries -- Atrocity, war fever, or journalistic hype? -- ""Silent battles"" defy explanation -- Abolition of slavery not the Union goal in 1861. A collection of anecdotes and stories about unusual people, attitudes, and events that occurred during the Civil War. History United States Civil War, 1861-1865 Miscellanea. United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Miscellanea. TXHSP