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The colors of courage : Gettysburg's forgotten history : immigrants, women, and African Americans in the Civil War's defining battle / Margaret S. Creighton.

By: Creighton, Margaret S, 1949-.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Edition: First edition.Description: xxvii, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0465014569.Subject(s): Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863 | Immigrants -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg -- History -- 19th century | Women, White -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg -- History -- 19th century | African Americans -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg -- History -- 19th century | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, Immigrant | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Women | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African AmericansDDC classification: 973.7/349 Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
The Gettysburg campaign, 1863 (chronology) -- Prologue : the lay of the land -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.
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Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) Wentz Memorial Branch E475.53 .C89 2005 1 Available 31826003005650

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-308) and index.

The Gettysburg campaign, 1863 (chronology) -- Prologue : the lay of the land -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.