It Wasn't a Civil War: Volume 1

By Jimmy Jewell

The stories are not all doom and gloom. There are a few romantical letters written by soldiers. A few light hearted situations; such as the unauthorized fraternization between the two armies. The armies would carve out small boats, and send items such as cigars floating down a creek to the opposite side. Soon the opposition would send something in return on their little wood boats. Dis you know General George Armstrong Custer was a player in the Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox? He reportedly offered a truce to Lee's last stand. Custer intercepted intelligence papers that revealed Lee's troops were standing by down the road for a last hooray to overtake the Federal Troops. Had Custer not acted on that intelligence, things may have turned out quite different. The total number of people who died in the American Civil War is around 750,000. Originally, the count was that 618,222 people died, with 360,222 Union deaths and 258,000 Confederate deaths. Recent research based on improved census data has shown that the original count underestimated the number of deaths.Some will say General Ulysses S. Grant won the war. Some will say Robert E. Lee made peace possible with his Surrender to save a Nation.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1543983847
• ISBN13: 9781543983845
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Bookbaby
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"