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Vividly written and well researched by a noted historian of the period, this succinct history credits the Union Navy as an essential element in the northern victory. Neither ponderous nor hagiographic, the work presents characters and events that have been previously neglected and offers candid assessments of officers, men, and material. Originally published in 1990, when it was a Military History Book Club selection, the work is considered a must for Civil War buffs. It is an authoritative and gripping story of the battles waged.
The author provides a rare look at the war fought by primitive northern gunboats drifting through Louisiana's muddy bayous, Yankee merchantmen captured by rebel privateers at sea, and Union ironclads subduing hotly defended Southern forts. Nor does William Fowler neglect the subtler sparrings behind the scenes: War Secretary Stanton and Navy Secretary Welles competing for Lincoln's favor and Welles's fierce duel of strategies with his Confederate counterpart, Stephen Mallory. Finally, the author describes the astonishing transformation of the Navy itself from a ragtag fleet of aging steamers and paddleboats to one of the most powerful waterborne forces in the world.
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As rancorous debates over Confederate symbols continue, Robert Bonner explores how the rebel flag gained its enormous power to inspire and repel. In the process, he shows how the Confederacy sustained itself for as long as it did by cultivating the allegiances of countless ordinary citizens. Bonner also comments more broadly on flag passions--those intense emotional reactions to waving pieces of cloth that inflame patriots to kill and die.
Colors and Blood depicts a pervasive flag culture that set the emotional tone of the Civil War in the Union as well as the Confederacy. Northerners and southerners alike devoted incredible energy to flags, but the Confederate project was unique in creating a set of national symbols from scratch. In describing the activities of white southerners who designed, sewed, celebrated, sang about, and bled for their new country's most visible symbols, the book charts the emergence of Confederate nationalism. Theatrical flag performances that cast secession in a melodramatic mode both amplified and contained patriotic emotions, contributing to a flag-centered popular patriotism that motivated true believers to defy and sacrifice. This wartime flag culture nourished Confederate nationalism for four years, but flags' martial associations ultimately eclipsed their expression of political independence. After 1865, conquered banners evoked valor and heroism while obscuring the ideology of a slaveholders' rebellion, and white southerners recast the totems of Confederate nationalism as relics of the Lost Cause.
At the heart of this story is the tremendous capacity of bloodshed to infuse symbols with emotional power. Confederate flag culture, black southerners' charged relationship to the Stars and Stripes, contemporary efforts to banish the Southern Cross, and arguments over burning the Star Spangled Banner have this in common: all demonstrate Americans' passionate relationship with symbols that have been imaginatively soaked in blood.
Customer Reviews:
A brilliant work by a sensational historian.......2002-10-01
Don't be fooled by all those boring end notes at the back of the book. Colors & Blood is a real page turner. Sure it's also a profound and thought-provoking meditation on the meaning of symbols in the development of a nation's conscience. But it also tells a great story, a story that should be handed down from generation to generation. Look no further for the perfect gift for your dad the Civil War buff, your mom the cook book buff, or your neice, nephew, aunt, uncle, son, daughter, grandparent or in-laws. Colors & Blood has something for everyone. Plus the photo of the author on the dust jacket is pretty cute.
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Distinguishing himself at the Battle of Cedar Mountain, Confederate Captain Nate Starbuck sees his career jeopardized through the suspicion and hostility of his brigade commander, the grandiose General Washington Faulconer. Their simmering enmity flares to life at Dead Mary's Ford, where Nate Starbuck has to fight the enemy as well as his own commanding officer.
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Great book for fans.......2007-04-11
I must admit that the Starbuck series doesn't grab me quite the way that some of the other Cornwell books do, but they are still very good in their own right. Cornwell manages to create suspense and great battle scenes as usual. He also finds a few great historical details to give a real period flavor to his descriptions. The way that the fog of war and the shock of violence are portrayed are stock Cornwell and they still always hit home.
One of the uneven things about this series is that the character development is slightly uneven, on the other hand the characters are all interesting and have very realistic elements.
Highly recommended for Cornwell fans and Civil War buffs. Others will still enjoy it but for your first Cornwell book it might be better to start with something else.
glorified yankees.......2006-01-23
I only give one star to this book for its very dramatic, realistic, and wonderfully written battle scenes. In all four books of the Starbuck Chronicles, Cornwell offers these great scenes to the reader that cannot be found in any other Civil War Novel. In this alone do I wish that the Starbuck Chronicles continue (for the last book stops short of the battle of Fredricksburg
).
However, the plots, characters, and historical value are not to be desired by a serious reader of historical fiction. First of all in the battle scenes Starbuck, an officer is seen fighting among his men with a musket and without rank insignia on his collar. There is no proof that an officer would behave this way except in one or two instances when an officer would pick up a rifle on the field. I believe that Cornwell was trying to make the Starbuck and Confederate officer figure look more edgy and above military tradition and ritual. However, this is not from historical fact.
Also Cornwell does little to give the reader understanding of what Starbuck and indeed all the South is fighting for. The cause is always victory, victory, victory. For what though? For the northerners in the book, however he delicately outlines the cause of freeing the slave. In fact, in one scene, Starbuck asks his free black friend, Lucifer, why he wants to fight the "people who want to free him." However, this too is historically inaccurate. Not only was all the Starbuck Chronicles based before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued but also even after it was issued, the primary cause of the Union soldier was to keep the Southern states in the Union. Historical data reflects that very few Northerners favored the destruction of slavery. When the Civil War ended, 19 of 24 Northern states did not allow blacks to vote. Nowhere did they serve on juries before 1860. However, as wonderful as Cornwell wanted to paint the Northerners, he could now leave out the fact that General Pope of the Union army issued an order that would not hold Northern soldiers accountable for sacking and destroying Southern homes and raping their women. So to disguise this black moment in Northern history, Cornwell uses Billy Blythe, a native of the South wearing blue to do all this dirty work promoted by General Pope. It is sad that the only way for Cornwell to show Northern brutality against Southern citizens was to use a Southern man wearing the blue coat.
For all the good in these chronicles I am saddened that it stenches of the same politically correct and fairy tail lies that have ruined North and South and other wise good Civil War fiction.
THROUGH GRAY WOLFISH LIGHT, THE MINIE BALL FLIES.......2005-05-05
There's a scene toward the end which brilliantly captures the brutal necessarily of following an order, and the unfortunate circumstances for failing to act. Such is the amazingly realistic world of battle that Bernard Cornwell creates time and time again. This outing is by far my favorite & sets the stage perfectly for the epic battle of Antietam - the only complaint is that the war continues after book 4, but the series doesn't. As a Civil War reenactor (PA23rd - Birney's Zouaves!) I can't recommend this series enough for accuracy and detail! Enjoy
Another Interesting Addition to the Starbuck Chronicles.......2005-03-17
Battle Flag is the third installment of Cornwell's Starbuck Chronicles. This book covers a battle that always springs up in Civil War history but is often overlooked, Second Manasas. I found this story interesting and fun to read, but if anyone has read Sharpe before there are many similarities to it. Stupid commanding officers to concerned with their authority, evil soldiers who believe war is an excuse to rape, pillage and plunder. Starbuck is the commander of the Legion, but his authority is tenuous. The battle itself is well written and I enjoyed it. I found the introduction of Starbuck's father intriguing considering in many ways he is the catalyst in the series. Once again I don;t really care for the Adam Falcouner story, although at least he is showing more guts instead of the previous books. One issue I had with this story is that Cornwell does seem to be unfair to Longstreet. Longstreet was held up before Manassas by Union cavalry under Buford, the same man who would later hold the high ground at Gettysburg. Most historians concur that the exact moment that Longstreet struck the Union flank was the most crucial moment to attack so I believe that Cornwell gives him a bit of a short shaft.
Entertaining historical fiction.......2004-12-23
The 3rd installment of the Starbuck Chronicles continues to follow the experiences of Nathaniel Starbuck and in my opinion is an entertaining read.
I love to read fictional history and I love to read Bernard Cornwell. His stories contain excellent battle descriptions and loveable (and dislikeable) characters.
If you are a fan of historical fiction, I wholeheartedly recommend most-anything by Cornwell. Battle Flag probably could have been better, but it kept my attention, it entertained me, and even taught me.
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Most Civil War soldiers, although they served in a national Union or Confederate Army, fought under a state designation and often felt that they were representing their state as much as their country. So it was only natural that many carried state flags, or national flags with state seals and mottos, as their regimental colours. Complemented by many photographs and illustrations, incuding eight full page colour plates by Rick Scollins and Gerry Embleton, Philip Katcher's engaging and informative text explores the flags of the State and Volunteer troops of the American Civil War.
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As the Confederacy felt itself slipping beneath the Union juggernaut in late 1864, the South launched a desperate counteroffensive to shatter the U.S. economy and force a standoff. Its secret weapon? A state-of-the-art raiding ship whose mission was to prowl the world’s oceans and sink the U.S. merchant fleet. The raider’s name was Shenandoah, and her executive officer was Conway Whittle, a twenty-four-year-old warrior who might have stepped from the pages of Arthurian legend. Whittle would share command with a dark and brooding veteran of the seas, Capt. James Waddell, and together with a crew of strays, misfits, and strangers, they would spend nearly a year sailing two-thirds of the way around the globe, destroying dozens of Union ships and taking more than a thousand prisoners, all while continually dodging the enemy.
Then, in August of 1865, a British ship revealed the shocking truth to the men of Shenandoah: The war had been over for months, and they were now being hunted as pirates.
What ensued was an incredible 15,000-mile journey to the one place the crew hoped to find sanctuary, only to discover that their fate would depend on how they answered a single question. Wondrously evocative and filled with drama and poignancy, Last Flag Down is a riveting story of courage, nobility, and rare comradeship forged in the quest to achieve the impossible.
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Close-up look at last Confederate warship.......2007-09-01
Last Flag Down is a story of CSS Shenandoah's epic voyage seen through the eyes of its first officer, Conway Whittle, a young 24 years old Confederate naval officer. The book much from the diaries and other accounts written by Whittle and take the situation at hand from his perception. From this approach, you get a ground eye view of the working of this Confederate naval raider that wrecked havoc among Union shipping during the last year of the war and little bit beyond.
Since one of the two authors is related to Whittle, the book is pretty sympathetic toward this character and that of course, create an obvious biased that the reader would have to look out for. Capt. James Waddle and many other of the crew often does not come out looking very good in the eyes of this young Confederate officer and that reflects in the book.
But the book gives an excellent understanding of how Shenandoah came to be, how it was crewed and how the ship conducted it business. The honorable behavior of the crew toward the captured proves to be a godsend toward the end then possiblities of piracy charges might be heading toward their direction. They neither harmed their captives or were harmed by them. For a raider, their voyage was relatively bloodless.
One major weakness of this book lies in the fact that there is no photographs what so ever. There is a detail blueprint of the ship but no drawing of anything of what the ship looks like under sail. This oversight is unexplainable and I took a star away from otherwise excellent narrative.
The book come highly recommended to anyone who have an interest in this area of the American Civil War. The book proves to be well written, well researched and quite interesting to those who have interest. Its far superior to the one other book I read on this subject, The Last Shot, and worthy addition to anyone's Civil War library.
Exciting sea adventure.......2007-08-28
Reading the diaries of Conway Whittle while he was aboard the Confederate raider Shenandoah opened my eyes to the realities of war at sea during the Civil War. This interesting account of life aboard the ship was horrifying and intriguing and so detailed that I often felt seasick! The main historical events are known by most history addicts, but the wording of the diaries made it very personal and poignant. I recommend the book very highly to anyone who enjoys an adventure. You don't have to be a Civil War buff to love this book.
Truly compelling naval drama.......2007-08-16
It boggles the mind. In a desperate attempt to change the course of the civil war the confederate raider Shenandoah was sent out to destroy any ship flying the American flag. The Shenandoah, a very fast ship, was hunting merchant ships while being hunted itself by the Union navy. It and captured and burned ship after ship, often letting the captured crew choose between joining the crew of the Shenandoah or being held prisoner. The physical and psychological drama, pieced together from historical record and the journal entries of executive officer 24 year old Conway Whittle, reads like a gripping novel. I'm not normally a fan of the civil war, or tall ships, but this book would not let me put it down.
Novelization of a Diary.......2007-08-13
This book is little more than an interpretive narrative of Conway Whittle's diary and it seems to rely on little else. The descriptions of daily life at sea, mostly revolving around punishments for various crew members and a bipolar co-captain, are tedious. The authors missed an excellent opportunity to review in detail the post-war lives of crewmen and the legal entanglements that followed their surrender, surely intriguing since most of the damage caused by Shenandoah occurred after the South surrendered. This is only given cursory treatment.
Still, the book does relate a story that deserves telling even if the research was poorly done if at all.
war between the states.......2007-08-08
excellent read. you get the feel of the time, the people and life on the ship.
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- A unique and exceptionally well written historical novel.
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Friendship is put to the ultimate test....
Gideon Tugwell looks forward to the future when a job opening in the Confederate capital puts his dream of becoming a writer closer than ever. But then he overhears plans for a slave uprising threatening the lives of his friends Nat and Emily, and he knows he must stay home to help. But will there still be time to travel to the job interview?
Emily Lodge is making the best of her situationstranded at Briarstone Plantation in Virginia, unable to cross the Civil War battlefields to her home in Illinois. She hates slavery and vows to help her friend Nat. But when Gideon warns her about the uprising, the tables have turned; now she desperately needs Nat's help.
Nat Turner, a secretly educated slave, has been returned to captivity at Briarstone. To make matters worse, he is about to be sold to a brutal slave trader. As time runs out and the uprising draws near, Nat must make a decision: avenge his anger, or help his friends.
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A unique and exceptionally well written historical novel........2000-08-16
Uprising At Dawn is the story of a dangerous discovery by Gideon as he moves through the swamp in search of a hog and overhears three slaves plotting an uprising at nearby Briarstone Plantation. Shocked by their plan to burn local white farms, Gideon rushes to inform his good friend Emily who is staying at the endangered plantation. Together they begin a desperate mission to uncover the identities of the slaves with the help of Nat, a young Briarstone slave who works inside the mansion. Uprising At Dawn is a unique and exceptionally well written novel for young readers and part of the Bethany House Publishers "Between Two Flags" series featuring compelling stories of faith and history.
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In recent years, the Confederate flag has become as much a news item as a Civil War relic. Intense public debates have erupted over Confederate flags flying atop state capitols, being incorporated into state flags, waving from dormitory windows, or adorning the T-shirts and jeans of public school children. To some, this piece of cloth is a symbol of white supremacy and enduring racial injustice; to others, it represents a rich Southern heritage and an essential link to a glorious past. Polarizing Americans, these "flag wars" reveal the profound--and still unhealed--schisms that have plagued the country since the Civil War.
The Confederate Battle Flag is the first comprehensive history of this contested symbol. Transcending conventional partisanship, John Coski reveals the flag's origins as one of many banners unfurled on the battlefields of the Civil War. He shows how it emerged as the preeminent representation of the Confederacy and was transformed into a cultural icon from Reconstruction on, becoming an aggressively racist symbol only after World War II and during the Civil Rights movement. We gain unique insight into the fine line between the flag's use as a historical emblem and as an invocation of the Confederate nation and all it stood for. Pursuing the flag's conflicting meanings, Coski suggests how this provocative artifact, which has been viewed with pride, fear, anger, nostalgia, and disgust, might ultimately provide Americans with the common ground of a shared and complex history.
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The Confederate Battle Flag: Controversial and Colorful symbol of the Lost Cause .......2006-06-14
The confederate battle flag is "an enigma wrapped in a riddle"
to historians. Was it:
a. A southern symbol of brave warriors fighting and dying to
protect their southland against the federal government; preserve
states right and slavery?
b. A pernicious symbol of racism and hatred of African-Americans?
c. A historical flag from American history that deserves a place in museums and sites but has no place flying over the
state house in such states as Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and
South Carolina.
d. A divisive and ugly symbol of segregation which needs to be
furled since it assaults our African-American citizens.
e. A symbol of such far right groups as the KKK and Citizens
Councils which needs to be folded and put in history's attic
The fine historian John Coski from the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Va. shows us in this scholarly, detailed and objective look at the confederate battleflag and the other flags of the Confederate States of America that this
flag is and has been all of the above. The Confederate Flag will:
a. Always be a part of the American scene-love it or hate it.
b. Ambiguous in its meaning to different people who remember
their ancestors who fought for Dixie or remember the bad old days of chattel slavery.
c. He looks at heritage groups such as the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans as well as
black groups which oppose the flag.
As the ancestor of men who died for the Confederacy and were buried in confederate draped splendor I can clearly see both
sides of the issue. Unfortunately I conclude that the flag is a
symbol of racism and opppression and should be used only in a
historical context to remember the Confederate soldiers' brave
sacrifice. US Grant once said of the Confederacy, "Never did so
many good men die for so bad a cause (the perpetuation of slavery)."
Not everyone will agree with my personal view but this is a
book which should be read by all interested Americans black or
white or yellow or brown. We need to work together as Americans
free of prejudice and hatred to maximize our many freedoms.
Coski has done an excellent job of research; he understands
the flag flap controversies with expertise.
Balanced and Informative.......2006-03-31
This gives a detailed history of the confederate flag(s) and its use for a variety of purposes in its long history. It truly means many things to many people--history and heritage and in equal measure oppression and ostracism. Both are right. The author does not take sides but allows each side to understand how others' perceeptions are shaped. Superb
Flag-Studies Journal Editor weighs in.......2006-02-04
John Coski's significant achievement: he has managed to bring a historian's neutral perspective to an otherwise highly-charged controversy. He begins with the flag's initial design (it was an alternative design for the first Confederate national flag, actually proposed by the design committee's chair, William Porcher Miles) and with its use in battle (adopted in late 1861 at the urging of General Beauregard who observed that the national flag resembled the Union's flag too closely, causing confusion on the battlefield). Coski then lays the groundwork for the flag's initial post-war significance as a memorial marker and a historical honor among Confederate heritage groups. With superbly-documented detail, he traces the flag's use by the (second) Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s, by southerners in the US Armed forces during the Second World War, by "Dixiecrats" in the 1948 presidential campaign, by southern college students starting in the late 1940s, by those caught up in the "flag craze" of 1951, by pro-segregationist/anti-civil rights activists in the 1950s, and through the frictions of the past 50 years.
He shows how the flag "became an aggressively racist symbol only after World War II and the Civil Rights movement", and explores with great sensitivity how the flag has two conflicting but potentially overlapping meanings for its users: one, as a symbol of the Confederacy-a historical icon, and second, as a symbol for a major (alleged) principle underlying the Confederacy, the racism that justified slavery. Whether advanced simply as "a symbol of our heritage" by proud Southerners, or as an assertion of a "redneck" political/cultural position, the confusion over these meanings fans the flames of the "flag wars" that still rage in our American public discourse.
The text reflects intensive research and provides superb footnotes. It was delightful to see an article from NAVA's scholarly journal Raven (which I edit) cited in the text, quoting author Rosalind Urbach Ross describing the Confederate Battle Flag as "the second American flag", and to read the excellent treatment of the Georgia state flag adopted in 2003 (for which NAVA member Ed Jackson won the Vexillonnaire Award for his role in its design, and during which the Georgia General Assembly members referred to NAVA's flag-design guidebook Good Flag, Bad Flag).
In a fascinating irony, the Southern hereditary organizations, Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) and United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC), have long fought to restrict the use of Confederate flags to events and sites directly tied to Civil War heritage (such as cemeteries and monuments), decrying its misuse by "slack-jawed teenagers": this has put them in the difficult position of defending the flag itself against attacks (for example, supporting the right to wear the flag on a T-shirt), yet advocating for its more-limited use (for example, opposing the wearing of the flag on a T-shirt).
The author serves as historian and library director at the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, Virginia. His evenhanded approach demonstrates a triumph of professionalism over regionalism, and results in a solid and informative treatment of an important contemporary issue in flag usage.
Edward B. Kaye
Editor, Raven, A Journal of Vexillology
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A History of the Confederate Battle Flag (Period).......2005-11-22
First a disclaimer, Dr. John Coski was my professor for the 2nd half of American history (1866 to present) and an assistant for America in Vietnam. His scholarship and ability to describe the tapestry of American history is on par with the finest of American historians and in this volume, he tackles a subject that most would avoid like the plague. If you can force yourself to read the lower # of stars reviews, the reviewers either have an axe to grind (would you expect the national NAACP not to use the battle flag as a recruiting device?) or wish to tell a story from local history (if done as chapters, Virginia would have 93 for it's counties and 38 for it's cities, North Carolina 100 counties, etc. That would not necessarily be history but folklore and open to interpretation) or as my compatriot from Maryland, an attack on Lincoln's unconstitutionality. None of which are the subject of the book. Granted, there are times in the text that I cheered for Coski to hit them harder but his comment regarding that was to bring up length - the book could easily be 1,000 pages and still some points of view would be left out. It would then not appeal to the majority of readers and be relegated to the ivory towers of acedemia. That would be a shame.
Coski has attempted to bring a tremendously emotional subject to the widest audience possible and I feel he succeeds. I have recommended the book to my own SCV camp as well as the executive director of my state's NAACP. That is the breadth of appeal of this work. Do I think everyone will agree with his conclusions? Of course not, but he gives a solid grounding in the post Late Unpleasantness history of the flag and reminds its supporters that their own organizations (the UDC) warned of allowing such widespread abuse of the flag would be a problem in the future.
So don't expect partisanship in this book. It is a history - just the facts. However, those facts are placed in context - both Southern and American - and if that makes you uncomfortable, then maybe a serious history is not for you. The Confederate Battle Flag is solidly researched, well-written and timely. John Coski deserves the highest praise for enduring the slings and arrows of those who would only wish to read something in support of their own position. I am not convinced that many historians would bear that in order to reveal the truth of American history. It is $20.00 very well spent if you want to understand a part of the modern South. Enjoy the prose.
Perspective Over Passion.......2005-10-24
Coski's strong research goes beyond "Heritage Not Hate" to support the notion that we should consider the motives behind those who display the Confederate Battle Flag rather than reduce its meaning to our own prejudice. The history of the flag is emersed in the blood of some 200,000 Confederate soldiers who died in its service. While some certainly fought to preserve the institution of salvery most rallied to defense of their home, their state, their commrads. In the 1960s, the Southern heritage of the flag was lost as it became a symbol of segregation and hatred. More recently, the battle flag has become associated with the "bubba" stereotype of country, stock car racing, gun racks and the Dukes of Hazard County. Others expand upon the latter to adopt the flag as a metaphore for "thumbing one's nose" at authority, a synonym for independence, a modern version of "Don't Tread On Me." The point of Coski's excellent book is this: Perhaps it is time for more dispassionate consideration of the flag. That we look at it as a tool in education rather than a pariah of political correctness. Whereas the use of the Swaskita evokes universal convulsion, the Stars & Bars suggest reasonable purpose on both sides of the question.
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- SUPERB Civil War Flag Source!
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This book combines Men-at-Arms 252: `Flags of the American Civil War 1: Confederate', Men-at-Arms 258: `Flags of the American Civil War 2: Union' and Men-at-Arms 265: `Flags of the American Civil War 3: Specialist Troops'. The flags of the Civil War were no mere unit designations - they represented the very hearts of their regiments. The formal ceremony in which a regiment received its colours constituted an initiation into the world of the soldier, and the flag became the symbol which drew the regiment's members together. In camp, regimental colours flew over unit headquarters as a guidepost to members and outsiders alike; in action, it flew in the centre of the line, drawing enemy fire upon its carriers. Few things were more disgraceful than losing one's colours in battle, and extreme sacrifices were often made to save them.
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SUPERB Civil War Flag Source!.......2003-06-06
This excellently detailed book describes the various uses of Regimental colors, camp colors, battle flags, etc., with excellently rendered color artwork and numerous photos of actual flags. The book has both US and CSA flags broken in sections, with very detailed information on individual state and regiment flags that would satisfy most enthusiasts and diorama makers. Highly recommend this typical Osprey offering!
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The story of the 11th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment and their mascot "Sallie" the war dog.
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Required Reading for Descendants of the 11th PA.......1999-05-11
Most concise and readable version yet of the movements and engagements of the 11th . . . and, of course, of Sallie's story.
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