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Article: Creighton, Margaret S. The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History; Immigrants, Women, and African Americans in the Civil War's Defining Battle.(Book Review)
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- September 22, 2005
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Creighton, Margaret S. The Colors of Courage: Gettysburg's Forgotten History; Immigrants, Women, and African Americans in the Civil War's Defining Battle New York: Basic Books 321 pp., $26.00, ISBN 0-465-01456-9 Publication Date: December 2004
It is not surprising that chroniclers of the Battle of Gettysburg have gotten lost in the compelling tale of the two armies that clashed in Pennsylvania in July 1863. However, in their zeal, historians have largely missed that the battle also had profound and unique effects on the lives of immigrants, women, and African Americans. Margaret Creighton seeks to address that shortcoming in The Colors of Courage.
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