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Army Life in a Black Regiment [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
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"Army Life in a Black Regiment has some claim to be the best written narrative to come from the Union [side] during the Civil War," wrote historian Henry Steele Commander. "Higginson's picture of the battle which was the origin of 'praise the Lord and pass the ammunition' and his reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to the black regiment are unsurpassed for eloquence." A Union colonel wrote this book--originally a series of essays--from New England, in charge of black troops training on the ... more info>>
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Beyond the Lines: A Yankee Prisoner Loose in Dixie [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by J. J. Geer
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The author narrates the suffering he endured as a prisoner in the Southern Confederacy. After being captured at the battle of Shiloh, Geer was tried on the most frivolous charges and subsequently chained with slaves' chains and cast into military prisons and common jails. He managed to escape, overcoming malarious marshes and bloodhounds only to be recaptured! (Published: 1999)
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Boots and Saddles: or Life in Dakota with General Custer [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Elizabeth B. Custer
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 Written by the wife of the legendary general, George Armstrong Custer. Mrs. Custer bravely followed her husband and his troops to the untamed and barely inhabited Dakota territory. She chronicles their lives from the time Custer was sent to the Indian frontier until his death at Little Big Horn.
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Daring and Suffering [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by William Pittenger
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Pittenger and his comrades embarked on a secret raid deep into
Confederate territory to cut the rail link between Marietta and
Chattanooga, only to run out of fuel after a long and dangerous chase.
Those that survived the mission were the first soldiers at rank of
private to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. This railroad
raid into Georgia ranks high among the striking and novel incidents of
the Civil War. (Published: 1999)
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Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Charles A. Eastman
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INDIAN HEROES AND GREAT CHIEFTAINS presents intriguing biographical sketches of 15 great Native American leaders, mostly Sioux, including portraits of Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Spotted Tail. Charles Eastman traces their historical importance to both the white man and Native people (Published: 2000)
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Prison Life in Dixie [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Sergeant Oats
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The author describes his harrowing capture and imprisonment by the Rebels at Sumter Prison a.k.a. "Andersonville Prison Pen". Renowned as one of the worst prisons of the Civil War, the Andersonville pen spread over only 11 acres, with a 12-foot wall surrounding over 33,000 Union soldiers. The writer endeavors to furnish such descriptions and incidents that give the reader a true picture of Rebel prisons and the means and methods of either surviving or dying in them. (Published: 1999)
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The Soul of the Indian [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Charles A. Eastman
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THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN is Charles Eastman's fascinating study of the religious and spiritual life of the Indian people, as he knew them over 100 years ago. He explores the Dakota belief in God??the Great Mystery?, ceremonies, symbolism, the moral code of the Dakota and much more. (Published: 2000)
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Two Years Before the Mast [Secure Microsoft Reader]
by Richard Henry Dana
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Two Years Before The Mast is a wonderful, elegantly written adventure classic that is still enjoyable more than one hundred years after its original publication. This is Richard Henry Dana Jr.'s engrossing account of his life as a common seaman aboard the brig the Pilgrim which set out from Boston on August 14, 1835 destined for California by way of the treacherous Cape Horn detailing the day-to-day routines of the deck hands, and the brutal shortcomings of inept, tyrannical officers.
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