What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War
What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War

Author: Mike Wright

Publisher: Presidio Press

Published: 2009-02-04

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 0307549151

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Instant coffee was invented during the Civil War for use by Union troops, who hated it; holding races between lice was a popular pastime for both Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; 13% of the Confederate Army deserted during the conflict. These are three of the hundreds of bits of knowledge that Mike Wright makes available in his informative and entertaining What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War, which focuses on the lives and ways of ordinary soldiers and of those they left behind.

Escape!
Escape!

Author: Robert P. Watson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2021-08-15

Total Pages: 331

ISBN-13: 1538138239

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Robert P. Watson provides the definitive account of the Confederacy’s infamous Libby Prison, site of the Civil War’s largest prison break. Libby Prison housed Union officers, high-profile foes of the Confederacy, and political prisoners. Watson captures the wretched conditions, cruel guards, and the story of the daring prison break, called “the most remarkable in American history.”

Alas Richmond
Alas Richmond

Author: Nikki Stoddard Schofield

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2011-09

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 146348772X

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As the capital of the confederacy experienced its final days, Verity Stuart, a lifelong resident of Richmond, Virginia, was falling in love with an Englishman, Giles Tredwell, who was spying for the Union.

Stealing Secrets
Stealing Secrets

Author: H. Donald Winkler

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2010-09-01

Total Pages: 353

ISBN-13: 1402254768

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The clever, devious, daring women who helped turn the tides of the Civil War During America's most divisive war, both the Union and Confederacy took advantage of brave and courageous women willing to adventurously support their causes. These female spies of the Civil War participated in the world's second-oldest profession—spying—a profession perilous in the extreme. The tales of female spies are filled with suspense, bravery, treachery, and trickery. They took enormous risks and achieved remarkable results—often in ways men could not do. These are the bold, untold stories of women shaping our very nation. Stepping out of line and into battle, these women faced clandestine missions, treason, and death, all because of their passionate commitment to their cause. These are the unknown Civil War stories you need to hear. As stated on the grave marker of Union spy Elizabeth Van Lew: "She risked everything that is dear to man—friends, fortune, comfort, health, life itself."

A Yankee Spy in Richmond
A Yankee Spy in Richmond

Author: David D. Ryan

Publisher: Stackpole Books

Published: 2017-09-15

Total Pages: 185

ISBN-13: 0811766365

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She walked the streets of Richmond dressed in farm woman’s clothing, singing and mumbling to herself. Soon her suspicious and condescending neighbors began referring to her as “Crazy Bet.” But she wasn’t mad; she had purpose in her doings. She wanted people to think she was insane so that they would be less likely to ask her questions and possibly discover her goal: to defeat the South and to end slavery. Elizabeth Van Lew, of Crazy Bet, was General Ulysses S. Grant’s spy in the capital city of the Confederacy.

Libby Prison Breakout
Libby Prison Breakout

Author: Joseph Wheelan

Publisher: PublicAffairs

Published: 2010-02-09

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 0786746270

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While many books have been inspired by the horrors of Andersonville prison, none have chronicled with any depth or detail the amazing tunnel escape from Libby Prison in Richmond. Now Joseph Wheelan examines what became the most important escape of the Civil War from a Confederate prison, one that ultimately increased the North's and South's willingness to use prisoners in waging "total war." In a converted tobacco warehouse, Libby's 1,200 Union officers survived on cornbread and bug-infested soup, and slept without blankets on the bare floor. With prisoner exchanges suspended, escape and death were the only ways out. Libby Prison Breakout recounts the largely unknown story of the escape of 109 steel-nerved officers through a 55-foot tunnel, and their flight in winter through the heart of the enemy homeland, amid an all-out Rebel manhunt. The officers' later testimony in Washington spurred two far-reaching investigations and a new cycle of retaliation against Rebel captives.

Captain Enders' Legion
Captain Enders' Legion

Author: Russell J. Ottens

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13:

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Philip Christian Enders and his wife, Anna emigrated from Germany in 1764 and settled in Pennsylvania. He served in the American Revolution in the Pennsylvania Militia. They had fourteeen children. His sister Elizabeth Enders Fahnestock emigrated with them. One hundred sixty-two of Philip's and Elizabeth's descendants served in the Civil War. Most of them served from Pennsylvania but some also served from Alabama, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New York, Ohio and Virginia. Details the Civil War service of each of these men and may also give information about their families.

Capital Navy
Capital Navy

Author: John M. Coski

Publisher: Da Capo Press, Incorporated

Published: 1996-07-21

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13:

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The James River led to Richmond and the improvised Confederate flotilla played a role in many Civil War battles in the region. Under the command of the daring John Randolph Tucker, the sailors fought to the bitter end as infantrymen in the Appomattox campaign.