The colors of courage : Gettysburg's hidden history : immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil War's defining battle / Margaret Creighton.

Author: Creighton, Margaret S., 1949-

Edition: 1st ed.

Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2004.

ISBN: 0465014569

Description: xix, 321 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.
Immigrants Pennsylvania Gettysburg History 19th century.
Women, White Pennsylvania Gettysburg History 19th century.
African Americans Pennsylvania Gettysburg History 19th century.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, Immigrant.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Women.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 African Americans.

Contents: The Gettysburg campaign : a brief chronology -- Prologue : the lay of the land; a sign of the times -- An afternoon in the badlands -- The season of disbelief -- Desolation's edge -- Flying thick like blackbirds -- Bold acts -- The wide eye of the storm -- The aftermath -- The seesaw of honor, or, How the pigpen was mightier than the sword -- Women and remembrance -- Making a living on hallowed land.