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Author Sword, Wiley.

Title Courage under fire : profiles in bravery from the battlefields of the Civil War / Wiley Sword.

Publication Info. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2007.
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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  973.7 SWO    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  355.0092 SWORD    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  973.7 SWO    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xv, 318 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-302) and indexes.
Contents To obey orders or not -- The reason why -- "To win glory enough" -- The face of courage -- Two wars in concept -- Ordeal at Atlanta -- Pat Cleburne, a man who understood -- What do you say when you know you're about to die? -- Extraordinary bravery, a special virtue -- "The sun shines brightly; I see it for the last time" -- "Rally 'roun de flag, boys" : the 13th U.S. colored troops at Nashville -- A woman's ordeal : coping on the home front -- Of agony extended and endured -- Of valor less than glory -- The workings of the mind -- Our consciousness prevails -- Doing what is right -- Cowardice, courage's cousin -- What kind of courage? -- Decisions of courage -- Shiloh : the roll of the dice -- Robert E. Lee, a man for all ages -- What is justified caution? -- A tale of two presidents -- The unthinkable -- Coping amid the shadows -- Matters of enlightenment -- The role of courage today.
Subject Soldiers -- United States -- Psychology -- History -- 19th century.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Psychology.
Courage -- United States -- Case studies.
Courage -- Confederate States of America -- Case studies.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.
Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.
United States. Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Military life.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects.
ISBN 9780312367411
0312367414
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