Friendly Fire in the Civil War : More Than 100 True Stories of Comrade Killing Comrade

by GARRISON, WEBB

• ISBN13: 9781558537361
• ISBN10: 1558537368
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1999-05-01
• Publisher: Harpercollins Christian Pub

Summary

Through stories of defective ammunition, accidental shooting, inexperienced troops, and deliberate firings, this book is the first to identify when Yankee killed Yankee and Confederate killed Confederate. These tragic accounts strip away the romanticism of the Civil War.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. vii
Fire from the Rear
A Volley in the Dark - Fairfax Court House, Virginia, June 1-2, 1816	p. 3
Watchwords and Armbands - Two Virginia Churches Called Bethel, June 10, 1861	p. 9
"Greener than Grass" - Blackburn's Ford, Virginia, July 18, 1861	p. 17
"Utter Madness" - Bull Run, aka First Manassas, July 21, 1861	p. 21
Incommunicado - Fort Clark, North Carolina, August 28, 1861	p. 27
Friendly Fire from Two Directions - Glasgow, Missouri, September 18, 1861	p. 32
At Least Thirty-Four Casualties - Munson's Hill, September 29-30, 1861	p. 36
Melee in the Dark - Santa Rosa Island, Florida, October 9, 1861	p. 41
"A Most Murderous Fire" - Hampton Roads, Virginia, March 8, 1862	p. 46
Nodine Retired in Haste - Pea Ridge, Arkansas, March 6-8, 1862	p. 53
Eternal Peace ... for 3,500 - Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6-7, 1862	p. 59
Lincoln under Fire-- Sewell's Point, Virginia, May 8, 1862	p. 66
Death from the River-- Secessionville, South Carolina, June 16, 1862	p. 71
"For God's Sake, Stop!"-- Malvern Hill, Virginia, July 1, 1862	p. 76
Six Times in One Day-- Baton Rouge, Louisiana, August 5, 1862	p. 83
Cover-Up-- South Mountain, Maryland, September 14, 1862	p. 88
Record Maker-- Antietam, aka Sharpsburg, Maryland, September 17, 1862	p. 93
Brief Bites
Twenty-Five Misadventures--1861-1862	p. 101
Friends Keep Killing Friends--1863	p. 119
Will It Ever Stop?--1864-1865	p. 134
Weighty Missiles
Deadly Mortars-- Port Hudson, Louisiana, March 14, 1863	p. 149
Mighty Stonewall-- Chancellorsville, Virginia, May 2, 1863	p. 154
Hotchkiss Shells-- Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 22, 1863	p. 161
Warhorse Down-- The Wilderness, May 5-7, 1864	p. 166
"Fire Gun Number One!"-- The Wilderness, May 6, 1864	p. 172
Fifty Officers, Fifty Days-- Charleston, South Carolina, June 12-August 3, 1864	p. 177
Two Acres of Hell-- The Crater, Petersburg, Virginia, July 30, 1864	p. 185
"The Immortal 600"-- Morris Island, South Carolina, September 7-October 20, 1864	p. 193
Conclusion, "Victory Is the Name of the Game"	p. 201
Notes	p. 203
Bibliography	p. 213
Index	p. 219
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