God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers: A True Civil War Christmas Story Hardcover - 2005
by James McIvor
In the winter of 1862, during the seemingly endless nightmare of the Civil War, a small miracle occurred. Just after Christmas, on the eve of the bloody battle of Stones River in Tennessee, the Union and Confederate armies set up camp within shouting distance of one another. To raise their spirits, they began a battle of patriotic tunes-'Yankee Doodle' drowned out by 'Dixie.' Then, during a pause, a Union band struck up the wistful strains of 'Home Sweet Home.' A Confederate band chimed in, and soon every regimental band and every soldier, Rebel and Yankee alike, had swelled the chorus. This bittersweet moment is the centerpiece of James McIvor's portrait in miniature of a country weary of war.
Filled with soldiers' letters-marked by humor, yearning, and courage-as well as Christmas poems and songs from the period, this is a tale of unabashed holiday spirit for our own divided nation.
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On Christmas Day 1862, North Carolina soldier Constantine A. Hege wrote his parents, full of the homesickness and weariness that gripped many a soldier that second Christmas of war.
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- Title God Rest Ye Merry, Soldiers: A True Civil War Christmas Story
- Author James McIvor
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 162
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Viking Books, New York
- Date 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780670034512 / 0670034517
- Weight 0.49 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 7.12 x 5.36 x 0.76 in (18.08 x 13.61 x 1.93 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005042202
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.78
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