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Teachers take notice. Besides compelling reading for Civil War enthusiasts, these true short stories offer teachers a resource for developing lesson plans for classroom instruction, while integrating historical context for studying the American Civil War. Unlike other teacher resources that attempt to embrace the entire war, these tales humanize a single character or group of characters. This approach helps young students to better relate and engage more emotionally to soldiers not much older than themselves. All the stories incorporate themes of courage, leadership, morality, and survival. A recent study of Social Studies teachers discovered that short stories as teaching material, with believable stories, contributed positively to learning and student engagement. Short stories proved to be more manageable. Tales of shorter duration also support retention for students who struggle with longer books. A believable story of shorter length, with characters that students can feel a connection, will boost motivation with a quicker payoff. This collection of true stories offers up many overlooked accounts of individuals and regiments that are often eclipsed by the greater Civil War narrative. Some stories highlight an amazing achievement of a soldier who prevailed despite dire circumstances. Others relate the actions of a regiment or individual that resulted in tragedy. Nearly all of these forgotten tales involve volunteer soldiers whose experiences deserve to be remembered. These compelling stories depict the exciting exploits of farm boys who never strayed far from the farm and suddenly found themselves in wild adventures in faraway places. City bred clerks marched off to war having never fired a weapon. In ""The Yankee Who Cheated Death,"" the story centers on a Yank shot seven times and left for dead. Another tale, ""A Boy Sailor's Tragic Odyssey,"" follows a sixteen year old boy who only wanted to support his Mother. Even love blossoms in ""Finding Love in the Ruins of War."" Many of these citizen soldiers accomplished remarkable feats. Most found heartache. Too many impressive deeds of ordinary soldiers fell into obscurity with little fanfare after the war. Civil War enthusiasts of all levels will appreciate these neglected narratives. So many books cover the great battles and the celebrated heroes. This book presents riveting accounts of seldom told Civil War stories. All these stories are part of American history. My hope is to bring them to light.

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