Civil War Treasury of Tales, Legends & Folklore

Description

“A
Civil War Treasury of Tales Legends & Folklore,
” edited with an Introduction by B. A. Botkin, with illustrations by Warren Chappell, contains more than 330 personal narratives, anecdotes, yarns, tall tales, jests, strange tales, and fables, that were collected from many sources, letters written around the time of the war, diaries, newspapers, periodicals, pamphlets, and the like. Virtually all of the selections are only about a page in length. Examples include fellow officers telling why Stonewall Jackson did not drink, a story about Jackson taking a nap, a tale about Jackson disobeying his own orders, what Lee said at Fredericksburg, Major General Philip Kearny mistaking the Confederates for his own men, General Sherman meeting a Memphis minister, and President Jefferson Davis taking orders from General Lee.
A Civil War Treasury
is a hard cover with dust jacket book containing 625 pages. It was published in 1960 by Promontory Press. This publication is in very good condition and comes from a smoke free home of a retired teacher who gladly combines postage the best way possible.