Creighton - The colors of courage: Gettysburgs forgotten history: immigrants, women, and African-Americans in the Civil Wars defining battle

A lively work of Civil War scholarship.

Kirkus

Creightons book brims with insights.... No one who reads this book will ever forget that so many brave men and women of different backgrounds fought at Gettysburg to give birth to a new freedom for America.

Library Journal

The Colors of Courage will surprise and inform and help you view the battle and its legacy in a very different light....Creighton has done a splendid job...

Americas Civil War News

[Creighton] has meticulously combed through the available sources on the activities of women, African Americans andespecially fascinatingthe German-American soldiers who faced disdain for their speech, their habits and their foreignness even as they fought, bled and died for the Union.

The Washington Post Book World

Refreshing and original history

Battlefield Journal: A Guide to Civil War History

Refreshing ... [The Colors of Courage] is a welcome departure from military tactics and battlefield strategies....

Civil War Times

Creighton does not seek to replace the historic narrative but rather to expand it.... In so doing, she enriches the history and our knowledge of the deeply ingrained diversity of our nation.

Booklist

* * * Like a miner sifting through the tailings of a played-out mine, Margaret Creighton has assembled a trove of facts to present absorbing pictures.... of underappreciated Civil War participants.... This thoroughly researched and well-told story will appeal not only to Civil War buffs but also to readers interested in social history.

Grand Rapids Press

An entirely fresh perspective.... [Creighton] moves us through the battle with great skill and style.

Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram

In The Colors of Courage, Margaret Creighton brings a fresh eye to the Civil Wars greatest battle. Told with intelligence and sensitivity, this textured story will be of interest to grizzled Civil War buffs and budding students alike.

Jay Winik, author of April 1865: The Month That Saved America

Margaret Creightons gracefully written, exhaustively researched, and compelling book deepens and enriches our understanding of the battles of Gettysburg.... This is a significant accomplishment.

Edward T. Linenthal, author of Sacred Ground:Americans and Their Battlefields

Filled with new material on African-Americans, immigrants, and women, [The Colors of Courage] tells a rich, nuanced story of a community transformed by war.... Written in exceptionally vivid and graceful prose...

Joan E. Cashin, editor of The War Was You and Me:Civilians in the American Civil War

In this richly detailed and wonderfully written book, historian Margaret Creighton tells Gettysburgs other stories. The Colors of Courage weaves together the lives of African Americans, white women, and German American soldiers, into a rich tapestry of ironies, tragedies, triumphs, andmost of alllived history. Any reader who wishes to understand the true meaning of the Civil War should pick up this book.

J. Matthew Gallman, author of The Civil War Chronicle

Margaret Creighton has written a beautiful book

Gabor Boritt, Director, Civil War Institute, Gettysburg College