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Lincoln's public works, such as the Gettyburg Address and the Emancipation Proclamation, are well-known, but he did hundreds of unknown acts of kindness for the obscure and friendless. In this book, thirty-five such acts, never cataloged or published before, see the light of day. The stories of these mostly under-age soldiers, amplified with family and genealogical background, tell yet one more aspect of the legendary president, whose myths are largely reality. Each story carries a note in Lincoln's own hand. The author concludes with an essay on the emergence of unstable electronic records,...

This is a history book about the use of military rockets in the American Civil War. During the Mexican War, many future Civil War generals became familiar with rocket warfare, and the advantage these light-weight weapons had in swampy terrain and on steep hillsides. In the Confederacy, there was active combat -- between the leaders. PGT Beauregard's advocacy of rockets led to conflect between him and Jefferson Davis, and ruined Beauregard's military career. A legendary two-stage rocket, fired from Richmond, missed Washington and may have gone into orbit. In Texas, the contract to manufacture...