The colors of courage : Gettysburg's hidden history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle / Margaret Creighton.
xix, 321 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-308) and index.
Contents
The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.