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Author Creighton, Margaret S., 1949-

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

Publication Info. New York : Basic Books, [2005]
©2005

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.7349 CREIGHTON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  973.7349 CRE    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.7349 CRE    Check Shelf
 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  973.7349 C914C    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  973.7349 CREIGHTON    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxvii, 321 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-308) and index.
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.
Subject 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 Americans.
ISBN 0465014569
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