A Civil War Christmas
Title | A Civil War Christmas PDF eBook |
Author | Paula Vogel |
Publisher | Theatre Communications Group |
Total Pages | 193 |
Release | 2012-04-03 |
Genre | Drama |
ISBN | 1559363789 |
Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel’s new holiday classic.
A Civil War Christmas
Title | A Civil War Christmas PDF eBook |
Author | Paula Vogel |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 162 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | African American soldiers |
ISBN |
God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers
Title | God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers PDF eBook |
Author | James McIvor |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 176 |
Release | 2006-10-31 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1440627312 |
In the tradition of the bestselling Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce, the true story of a Civil War Christmas miracle In the waning days of 1862, Union and Confederate troops set up camp within earshot of one another in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Christmas had just passed, and for many of these battle-wearied young soldiers the holiday season was a melancholy reminder of the families and loved ones they’d left behind. Bands from both camps played patriotic songs in an attempt to raise spirits, a musical duel that presaged the bloody battle to come. Then, something extraordinary occurred. One of the bands began playing a popular sentimental tune called “Home Sweet Home.” Soon, bands from both sides picked up the tune, and before long thousands of Northern and Southern soldiers had joined together in song. God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers: A True Civil War Christmas Story tells the tale of this yuletide interlude, which came at a time when the early optimism of the Civil War had given way to the bitter realities of seemingly endless bloodshed. Told through soldiers’ letters and period songs, God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers is the hopeful and touching story of human compassion in the midst of unspeakable violence.
A Civil War Christmas
Title | A Civil War Christmas PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Rigdon |
Publisher | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
Total Pages | 52 |
Release | 2011-12-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781468036206 |
"Oh When will this war end? Will another Christmas roll around and find us all wintering in camp? Oh! That peace may soon be restored to our young but dearly beloved country and that we may all meet again in happiness." Introduction Is Jingle Bells a Confederate Carol? The Story Behind I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day Within the Lines The Wartime Journal of a Young Georgia Girl Christmas in the Confederate White House Letters From Home Epilogue We of the South honestly believed that we were fighting for States Rights, while the North is equally honest in the conviction that it was fighting to free the slaves. The real tragedy of this war is that two peoples who both believed in the same God and the sending of "The Prince of Peace" slaughtered each other by the hundreds of thousands while calling on that same God for vindicaton of their deeds. Now that we have seen how much more can be accomplished by peaceful cooperation, and a greater respect and understanding of human rights we wonder how it could have ever come to pass. And she brought forth her firstborn sonand laid him in a cattle feed-troughbecause there was no room in the big house. And his name shall be calledWonderful Counselor,The Mighty God,The Everlasting Father,The Prince of Peace. And of the increase of Peace and of his Kingdom, there shall be no end. Deo Vindice!
The Civil War Christmas Album
Title | The Civil War Christmas Album PDF eBook |
Author | Philip Van Doren Stern |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 138 |
Release | 1961 |
Genre | American literature |
ISBN |
A picture of Christmas as it was during the Civil War.
Our Simple Gifts
Title | Our Simple Gifts PDF eBook |
Author | Owen Parry |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Total Pages | 90 |
Release | 2012-11-06 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 0062266381 |
A Union officer struggles homeward through a Christmas Eve snowstorm, haunted by loss and doubtful of the future. Paroled from a brutal prison camp, a young southern soldier yearns to find the one person he loves most in the world -- and worries over the devastation rumored to have reached his family's mountain. An immigrant private plans a startling Christmas surprise for his comrades. And a newly freed slave must choose between the desire for revenge and his longing to be a better man than his master . . . From northern colliery towns to ruined Old South plantations and the divided loyalties of the Appalachian Mountains, Owen Parry casts his storyteller's spell with a collection of unforgettable tales celebrating the enduring spirit of Christmas. Moving from darkness toward the light in the grand tradition of holiday tales, these stories are bound to become classics of the American yuletide season. Whether whispering an old-fashioned Christmas ghost story or reminding us that not all who suffered war's losses wore uniforms, the author always leads us back to the joyous beauty -- the miracle -- of Christmas. Moving and heartfelt, Our Simple Gifts revives the tradition of Christmas tales for grown-ups. As quietly as snow falls on holly, these Civil War Christmas tales will insist on being read again, year after year.
We Were Marching on Christmas Day
Title | We Were Marching on Christmas Day PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin Rawlings |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 167 |
Release | 1995-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780961267063 |