A journalistic history of America's Civil War, it records the war largely in terms of human-interest aspects. In more than 100 vignettes, the writings of soldiers, sailors, slaves, politicians, and ordinary people are featured. Illustrated.Best Little Stories from the Blue and the Gray is a journalistic history of America's Civil War and the people who fought it. Drawn from the writings of soldiers, sailors, slaves, politicians, and ordinary citizens as much as from the accomplishments of military leaders, it records the war largely in terms of its human-interest aspects. In more than 100 vignettes, it gives voice to the common people — soldiers and civilians alike — not just military and political leaders, featuring stories about:The Confederacy's Patton brothers, whose heroics inspired their descendant, George S. Patton Jr., of World War II fame.A general who served faithfully and honorably under Stonewall Jackson even though as a cadet he had been expelled from VMI for talking back