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[1st ed.] |
| Description |
xxi, 455 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 436-442. |
| Contents |
The amateur gentleman -- "The man and the hour have met" -- To protect the commonwealth -- The heroes come -- One-man show -- The citadel -- The champion goes down -- Siesta -- A star falls -- Providence intervenes, at last -- "My Bonnie lies over the ocean" -- The favorite goes-up -- Lost enchantment -- The wolves gather -- Duel of the heroes -- The God emerges -- The war gets a slogan -- The favorite far away -- Plumes and corn bread -- Arrangements for disaster -- Gentlemen, place your bets -- Innocents abroad -- "Let us cross over the river..." -- And then there was one -- End of a mission -- We, the people -- I'd rather be president than right -- The laughing boys -- "Not mine, o lord" -- A study in competence -- No villain need be -- "Eat drink, and be merry..." -- "...For tomorrow you die" -- One against the Gods -- Not with a whimper but a bang -- "Let the long, long procesasion go" |
| Subject |
Confederate States of America -- History.
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Richmond (Va.) -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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