An Anthology of Civil War Tales, from 1850 to 1961
Untold and Long-Forgotten Stories of New Jerseyans and How They Coped With the American Civil War and Its Memory, Including Accounts of
New Jersey Civil War Political Myths, Jewish Jerseymen in the Ranks, A Confederate General From Elizabeth, Holding the Line at Gettysburg,
Wartime Base Ball, the Hoboken Bounty-Jumper Sting, the “Great Reunion” at Deckertown, Strange Tales of War Monuments, a National Cemetery
Full of Confederates, the Centennial Commission’s Principled Stand Against Racism, and Much More…
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New Jersey’s Civil War Odyssey
New Jersey’s Civil War Odyssey Reviews
It
is
a
tour
de
force
in
providing
readers
with
wonderful
stories
and
anecdotes
of
how
the
Civil
war
affected
the
Garden
State
and
its
residents,
and
vice
versa.
New
Jersey’s
Civil
War
Odyssey
is
chock
full
of
vignettes
that
demonstrate
once
again
the
rich
tradition
New
Jersey
played
in
our
nation’s
history.
All
citizens
of
the
united
states
will
benefit
from
reading
this
book.
With
Stories
ranging
from
Abraham
Lincoln,
to
the
New
Jersey
Troops
at
Gettysburg,
to
veteran
reminiscences,
to
baseball,
there
is
something
for
everyone
here. It is well researched and well written.
Jay Jorgensen
Author, historian & tour guide
A
rich
potpourri
of
articles
and
stories
about
New
Jersey
in
the
Civil
War
--
soldiers
at
the
battle
front,
nurses
at
army
hospitals,
factories
at
home
producing
war
material,
political
leaders,
reunions
and
commemorations
after
the
war,
and
much,
much
more.
Especially
notable
is
the
attention
paid
to
Jersey
African
Americans
in
the
war.
The
authors
explode
a
number
of
myths
about
Jerseyans
and
the war, and offer little known facts.
James M. McPherson
Pulitzer Prize Author, Professor Emeritus of US History, Princeton University
New Jersey’s Civil War Odyssey
Published by the NJ Civil War 150 Committee of NJCWHA
Civil War 150 Committee
The
New
Jersey
Civil
War
Sesquicentennial
Committee’s
third
publication,
New
Jersey's
Civil
War
Odyssey:
An
Anthology
of
Civil
War
Tales
from
1860
to
1961.
Part
of
a
projected
series
of
books
detailing
the
state's
role
in
the
greatest
national
crisis
in
American
history,
New
Jersey's
Civil
War
Odyssey,
edited
by
Joseph
G.
Bilby,
is
a
collection
of
essays
relating
untold
and
long
forgotten
tales
of
New
Jerseyans
and
how
they
coped
with
the
Civil
War
and
its
memory,
from
1861
to
1961.
This
book
also
includes
three
unique
original
poems
by
New
Jersey
teacher
and
poet
Scott
Summers.
New
Jersey's
Civil
War
Odyssey
is
an
excellent
and
accessible
source
of
information
on
the
state's
role
in
the
Civil
War
for
the
interested
public
as
well
as
teachers,
journalists and local historians.
The
book's
stories
include
a
thorough
debunking
of
persistent
myths
about
New
Jersey's
role
in
the
conflict
as
well
as
accounts
of
the
state's
considerable
manufacturing
contribution
to
the
war
effort,
Jewish
Jerseymen
in
the
ranks
of
the
Union
army,
the
army
hospital
at
Beverly,
Jersey
baseball
in
the
army,
and
the
strange
tales
of
a
Confederate
general
from
Elizabeth
and
a
bizarre
"bounty
jumper"
sting,
which
resulted
in
a
debt
the
federal
government
still
owes
to Jersey City.
Combat
narratives
include
the
11th
New
Jersey
Infantry's
dramatic
fighting
retreat
at
Gettysburg
on
July
2,
1863
and
the
role
of
New
Jersey's
two
"Zouave"
regiments,
dressed
in
French
North
African
style
uniforms,
in
General
Sherman's
Atlanta
campaign
and
"March
to
the
Sea,"
as
well
as
the
history
of
the
22nd
United
States
Colored
Infantry,
an
African-
American
unit
composed
almost
entirely
of
New
Jerseyans
who
recorded
a
stellar
battle
record.
Essays
on
the
state's
post-conflict
Civil
War
heritage
include
accounts
of
Judson
Kilpatrick's
10,000
beer-barrel-fueled
1878
"Great
Reunion"
and
battle
reenactment
at
Deckertown,
unusual
tales
of
war
monuments
around
the
state
and
beyond,
a
national
cemetery
full
of
Confederates
in
Salem
County,
the
New
Jersey
Civil
War
Centennial
Commission's
ground
breaking
and principled stand against racism, and much more…
Scenes
from
General
Judson
Kilpatrick’s
reenactment
at
his
Sussex
County
Farm
with
Civil
War
Veterans
and
NJ
National Guard Troops in August 25-28, 1878
