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An original and deeply human portrait of soldiers and civilians caught in the vortex of war. So vividly does Allegiance re-create the events leading to the firing of the first shot of the Civil War on April 12, 1861, that we can feel the fabric of the Union tearing apart. It is a tense and... read more
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First Sentence edit
n the autumn of 1860 a train rattled over the damp, mostly desolate landscape just north of Charleston, South Carolina; then, with no genteel preliminaries, it entered the outskirts of the city, pulled into a rambling station, and stopped.
Table of Contents edit
Foreword
Chapter 1 Asunder
Chapter 2 A Gentle Man
Chapter 3 Salad Days
Chapter 4 The Fulcrum
Chapter 5 Twilight of the Old Union
Chapter 6 Commanders and Chiefs
Chapter 7 Slim Pickens, Stout Fort
Chapter 8 Eventide
Chapter 9 Dueling Flags
Chapter 10 The Wolf at the Door
Chapter 11 Hostages
Chapter 12 The Boys on the Beach
Chapter 13 Takes Two to Tango, But One Can Do the Twist All Alone
Chapter 14 The Yellow Brick Road
Chapter 15 That Little Bridge
Chapter 16 A Mere Point of Honor
Chapter 17 Ashes and Dust
Mystic Chords of Memory: a Postscript
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Detzer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Harcourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 12, 2001
ISBN: 0151006415
Page Count: 384
Publisher: Harcourt
Country: USA
Publication Date: April 12, 2001
ISBN: 0151006415
Page Count: 384
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: E471.1 .D48 2001
- Dewey: 973.731
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › South Carolina
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Civil War
- Books › History › Military › United States
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