stevan phillips (1 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Near Fine. Mailing label on the front cover. One 1.5" x 1/8" mark on the back cover. No other wear or damage. A very nice copy. It will be backed with cardboard and packed in a sturdy, flat box to ensure safe transit. This issue includes: "Praying for Southern Victory" (A young bride with an infant daughter is left alone on her husband's Manassas, Virginia homestead. While waiting to hear from her man, serving in the Confederate army, Union troops arrive and prepare to fight the first battle of the Civil War on her property. Through her words, we find out what it took for a woman to endure the crisis) submitted by Stevan Phillips; "Lincoln's 'Lost' Telegram" (A collector rediscovers a telegram sent by the President of the United States from Maryland where he was preparing to 'fire' his chief general) by Lloyd Ostendorf; "A Poetic Plea from Prison" (Beyond Key West, Florida, where the waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean meet, sits Fort Jefferson--the Union army equivalent of 'Devil's Island.' There, during the Civil War, Federal soldiers convicted to committing heinous crimes were sent to rot in tropical heat. One inmate is still remembered because of the unique way to begged for release) by Jacqueline Meketa; "The Battle of Rock Creek" (A union arsenal sacked in Missouri. The governor calling for secession and the mayor of Kansas City calling for U.S. troops. Everyone wonders where the state's first battle of the Civil War will be fought. Will it be Rock Creek?" by Michael Gillespie; "An 'Historic' TV Double Feature?" (Did the commander of the Confederate ironclad Virginia have a romance with a Union spy before he fough the enemy ship Monitor? Did Abraham Lincoln befriend a small boy whose brother was a wounded Confederate officer at Gettysburg? Naah. But TV producers are betting we would like to imagine it when they premiere films on two different networks this spring) by John Stanchak; "How to Pick Out the Bad Officers" (In a war where the Federal government was eager to attract leaders of men, it discovered it had made some bad choices. How did it get rid of incompetent officers? It gave them a test, Could you pass it?" by John W. Powell; plus "Behind the Lines"; "Letters to the Editor"; "Coming Events"; "In Print"; "130 Years Ago"; and "Time Lapse".