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A quirky journey through little-known trivia and true stories from the history of the American Civil War. The Civil War tore the United States apart - but with the drama and chaos of war as front-page news, some stories of the time were forgotten. They're the sort of bizarre, outrageous, funny, or entertaining tidbits that would have gone viral on social media - if they'd had such a thing back then. Here, a newspaper columnist and a retired superintendent of the Antietam National Battlefield have collected a wide variety of tales from the time, including mistakes, misadventures and epic screw-ups you won't find in history books, including: * the monument to Union General Dan Sickles that was missing a statue because the funds for it had been stolen .
About the Author
Tim Rowland is a New York Times bestselling author specializing in history, humor, animals and the outdoors. A humor columnist for Herald-Mail Media in Hagerstown, Md., he has also written extensively for newspapers and magazines across the country, and has published a number. of books including the "Strange and Obscure" series of historical essays through Skyhorse Press, New York, N.Y.Tim has a talent for ferreting out interesting stories and then framing them in a fresh perspective that is both funny and informative. History has never been as interesting, and the outdoors has never been as entertaining as it is when seen through Tim's eyes.An avid outdoorsman, Tim has climbed the 46 High Peaks in New York's Adirondack Mountains, and hiked extensively around the world, from Alaska and Nepal. He has also ridden a bicycle across the United States air a time when he was too young to know better.Along with his wife Beth, Tim raises Belted Galloway beef cattle in Jay, N.Y.
