A Treasury of Civil War Tales

Download or read book A Treasury of Civil War Tales written by Webb Garrison and published by . This book was released on 1999-07 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Webb Garrison presents the Civil War in a collection of stories that capture what the war was like for the people who lived through it. Arranged chronologically, the stories begin with the publication of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and events leading up to the war. They trace the action through five years and conclude with Reconstruction and the presidential election of 1876. Included are stories of the slave Dred Scott, Red Cross founder Clara Barton, suspected spy Mrs. Rose Greenhow, assistant army surgeon Mary Walker, and President Andrew Johnson.