
The Unsung Heroes & Heroines of the Civil War: A 20-Volume Tribute
Neglected Lives, Civilian Courage, and the Many Voices of Civil War MemoryBy Henry H. Meacham, Frank M. Myers, Theron Wilber Haight, Sarah Ellen Blackwell, S. B. Barron, William H. Osborne, Alfred S. Roe, W. W. Goldsborough, Carlton McCarthy, Samuel Scoville, Richard L. Maury, David Lathrop, James Harrison Wilson, Dudley Landon Vaill, Francis J. Parker, George C. Sumner, William Young Warren Ripley, Basil Wilson Duke, Jewett Palmer, William E. BartonLength163h 44m
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The Unsung Heroes & Heroines of the Civil War: A 20-Volume Tribute assembles a capacious memorial literature of the American Civil War, shifting attention from celebrated commanders toward the courage, endurance, and moral complexity of lesser-known participants. Across reminiscence, biography, local history, military narrative, and commemorative essay, the collection illuminates battlefront service, civilian sacrifice, nursing, espionage, captivity, and the sustaining labor of communities. Its most compelling pieces recover lives that conventional campaign histories leave at the margins, making anonymity itself a central historical subject. The contributors—among them veterans, military chroniclers, clergy, lawyers, educators, and regional historians—bring distinct professional and sectional perspectives to the work of remembrance. Their writings belong to the broad postwar culture of Civil War commemoration, in which personal testimony, regimental memory, and local archives shaped public understandings of conflict and reconciliation. Taken together, these voices reveal how heroism was constructed not only through battlefield distinction but also through duty, care, resilience, and witness. This volume set is especially valuable for readers seeking a many-sided encounter with Civil War experience. Its breadth invites comparison among styles, regions, and definitions of service, while its recovered narratives enrich both scholarly inquiry and general historical reading. Readers will find an instructive dialogue between memory and history, individual lives and national catastrophe.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length163 hrs 44 mins
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Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Unsung Heroes & Heroines of the Civil War: A 20-Volume Tribute
26CHAPTER III
2The Empty Sleeve or, The Life and Hardships of Henry H. Meacham, in the Union Army
27CHAPTER IV
3PREFACE.
28CHAPTER V
4The History of the Fifty-ninth Regiment Illinois Volunteers
29CHAPTER VI
5INTRODUCTION.
30CHAPTER VII
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6CHAPTER VIII.
31CHAPTER VIII
7CHAPTER XIII.
32CHAPTER IX
8CHAPTER XVII.
33CHAPTER X
9CHAPTER XXII.
34CHAPTER XI
10CHAPTER XXVI.
35CHAPTER XII
11CHAPTER XXIX.
36CHAPTER XIII
12Three Wisconsin Cushings
37CHAPTER XIV
13Three Wisconsin Cushings
38CHAPTER XV
14RECORDS AND APPRECIATIONS
39CHAPTER XVI
15THREE WISCONSIN CUSHINGS
40CHAPTER XVII
16A Military Genius: Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland
41CHAPTER XVIII
17PREFACE.
42CHAPTER XIX
18A SEARCH FOR THE DOCUMENTS.
43Footnote
19MISS CARROLL'S MILITARY MAPS. (pt. 1)
44The History of the Twenty-ninth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry: In the Late War of the Rebellion
20MISS CARROLL'S MILITARY MAPS. (pt. 2)
45PREFACE.
21MISS CARROLL'S MILITARY MAPS. (pt. 3)
46CHAPTER VI.
22The Lone Star Defenders: A Chronicle of the Third Texas Cavalry, Ross' Brigade
47CHAPTER XI.
23INTRODUCTION
48CHAPTER XIII.
24CHAPTER I
49CHAPTER XV.
25CHAPTER II
50CHAPTER XVII.