New Jersey's Civil War Odyssey: An Anthology of Civil War Tales, From 1850 to 1961
Hightstown: New Jersey Civil War Heritage Association, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Fine, fresh, like new copy/ issued without a dust jacket. Hardcover. 168 pp with index, bibliography, and black and white photographs. This book features untold and long-forgotten stories of New Jerseyans and how they coped with the American Civil War and its memory. Includes accounts of New Jersey Civil War political myths, Jewish Jerseyman in the ranks, a Confederate General from Elizabeth, holding the line at Gettysburg, wartime base ball, the Hoboken bounty-jumper sting, the "Great Reunion" at Deckertown, strange tales of war monuments, a national cemetery full of Confederates, the Centennial Commission's principled stand against rascism, and much more. Fine. Item #E36231
ISBN: 9780944413784
Price: $15.00