What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War
Author: Wright, Mike
ISBN: 9780891416548
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 07 Jan 1998
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
Instant coffee was invented during the Civil War for use by Union troops, who hated it; holding races between lice was a popular pastime for both Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; 13% of the Confederate Army deserted during the conflict. These are three of the hundreds of bits of knowledge that Mike Wright makes available in his informative and entertaining What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War, which focuses on the lives and ways of ordinary soldiers and of those they left behind.
ISBN: 9780891416548
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 07 Jan 1998
Pages: 352
Format: Paperback / softback
Instant coffee was invented during the Civil War for use by Union troops, who hated it; holding races between lice was a popular pastime for both Johnny Reb and Billy Yank; 13% of the Confederate Army deserted during the conflict. These are three of the hundreds of bits of knowledge that Mike Wright makes available in his informative and entertaining What They Didn't Teach You About the Civil War, which focuses on the lives and ways of ordinary soldiers and of those they left behind.
