{"product_id":"9781567313048","title":"The Amazing Civil War: A Fascinating Collection of Little-Known Facts of the Four-Year Conflict that Changed America","description":" With three million soldiers scattered along a ten-thousand-mile front and the number of engagements estimated to be more than one thousand, the Civil War was a war in which fascinating anecdotes, colorful stories, humorous tales, and unusual coincidences were frequent. \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Amazing Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e is a fascinating collection of little-known stories and facts of the four-year conflict that changed America: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBattle in the buff\u003c\/b\u003e and other moments when one side caught the other side with their pants down. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnsolved mysteries\u003c\/b\u003e of the battlefield, such as Lee's lost order in the Battle of the Wilderness, and the plan to kill Confederate President Jefferson Davis. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eUnusual punishments,\u003c\/b\u003e from the painful, such as a soldier being hung by his thumbs, to the ridiculous, such as fifty soldiers forced to parade through the streets of Chattanooga wearing nightcaps. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eGovernment corruption\u003c\/b\u003e and reckless expenditures, such as $1,000 for an ax. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe soldier who \u003cb\u003edeserted and enlisted 32 times,\u003c\/b\u003e receiving bounty money each time, until he was caught. \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnd hundreds of other anecdotes, factoids, and strange events!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"MJF Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47040564199664,"sku":"9781567313048","price":7.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781567313048_p0.jpg?v=1763767720","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781567313048","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}