Civil War Myths and Legends

Michael R. Bradley lives in Tullahoma, Tennessee, on the former picket line of a Civil War fort. In addition to being a professor, he is a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, Southern Historical Association, American Association of University Professors, and the Society for Military History. He is also the author of Globe Pequot’s It Happened in the Revolutionary War and Myths and Mysteries of the Civil War.

PrefaceWORDS-WAR-WILDERNESSTHE YANKEE BEHIND BEDFORD FORREST’S SADDLE ULYSSES S. GRANT: THE PERPETUAL DRUNK?STONEWALL’S LEMONS The Legendary Courage of Alonzo Cushing The Enigma of Black Slaveholders THE LOST CONFEDERATE GOLD: FOLLOWING THE MONEYWHAT BECAME OF THE “BULL PUPS”?BATTLEFIELD HOSPITALS AND CIVIL WAR MEDICINE THE UNEXPLAINED SINKING OF THE HUNLEYBEDECKED WITH A BONNET IN BALTIMORETHE STRANGE CIVIL WAR CAREER OF BUSHROD JOHNSONTHE MYSTERY OF THE DAMAGE INSIDE THE TURRET OF U.S.S. MONITORREVENGE AND RESPECT: THE LEGACY OF ARLINGTON CEMETERY