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"In our youth our hearts were touched with fire." So said Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., the future Supreme Court justice, about his fellow veterans of the Civil War. The 1860s were a time much like the 1940s, when a generation of idealistic young Americans answered their country 's call,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Garfield: Add a description of this character.
- Benjamin Harrison
- B. Hayes
- Grant
- Rosecrans
- Mckinley
- Humphrey Marshall
- Carrie
- Sheridan
- Lincoln
- Scammon
- Lee
- Floyd
- Thomas
- Bragg
- Johnston
- Donelson
- Foote
- Lucy
- Mcclellan
- Buell
- Smith
- Hood
- Lew Wallace
- Sherman
- Mason
- Cranor
- Crook
- Hastings
- Williams
- Buckner
- Dr. Joe
- Blaine
- Polk
- Hiram
- Harry Rhodes
- Halleck
- Henry
- Chase
- Wood
- Coburn
- Jackson
- Matthews
- Bolles
- Hopkins
- Merrill
Setting & Locations edit
- Ohio
- Kentucky
- Washington
- Indianapolis
- West Virginia
- Illinois
- Belmont
- Tennessee
- Columbus
- Crete
- Chattanooga
- New York
- Union
- Cincinnati
- White House
- Big Sandy Valley
- Nashville
- Richmond
- West Pointer
- Cairo
- Atlanta
- United States
- Charleston
- Winchester
- Louisville
- Cumberland
- Mississippi
- Rutherford
- Fremont
- Paducah
- Antietam
- Georgia
- Chickamauga
- Resaca
- Princeton
- St. Louis
- Middletown
- Missouri
- Kanawha
- South Mountain
- Mexico
- Gauley Bridge
- Dublin
- Lynchburg
- Iowa
- Poland
First Sentence edit
AT 4:30 A.M. on April 12, 1861, Lieutenant Henry S. Farley, an artillery officer in what would soon be the Army of the Confederate States of America, fired an old coast-defense mortar at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor.
Authors & Contributors edit
- James M. Perry (Author)
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Original Language: English
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Country: USA
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ISBN: 1586482904
Page Count: 335
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Country: USA
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ISBN: 1586482904
Page Count: 335
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- Dewey: 920
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- Books › History › Americas › United States › 19th Century
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Historical › United States › Civil War
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics › Leadership
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Leaders & Notable People › Presidents & Heads of State
- Books › History › World
- Books › History › Military
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