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If it is necessary that I should fall on the battlefield for . . . my courage does not halt or falter Major Sullivan Ballou, 1861, prior to the Battle of Bull Run
In Courage Under Fire, award-winning historian Wiley Sword captures the fervor of a nation at war with itself; a war that pitted brother against brother. Through the immediacy of diaries and letters written not only on the battlefields and in camps but also on the deathbeds of soldiers from both the North and South, Sword lays bare the complexities and depth of a soldiers mind in coming to grips with life and death even while his country, and often his family, is mercilessly ripped apart.
From wives and mothers to the highest military figures, all strived toward often worthy but difficult objectives, while seeking to suffer as little as possible. Featured in this compelling study of men and women facing the severest stress of their lives are fascinating stories such as that of Union Lieutenant Colonel Frank Curtiss. He was ordered to take his regiment, the 127th Illinois, in a hopeless charge against the enemys fortified lines at Atlanta, Ga. on August 3, 1864. Aware that many of his men would die needlessly and for minimal tactical gain, he refused to obey these orders. The moral courage to fight meant also to appropriately assess the risks and weigh the loss in lives of ones soldiers. Confederate General John Bell Hoods decision to sacrifice much of his army at Franklin, Tennessee on November 30th 1864, ranks as one of the saddest events of the war. His aggressive behavior is assessed in terms of both moral and physical courage, providing a revealing insight into the character of one of the wars key commanders. The prospect of death in battle was a fearsome prospect for Lucy Morse, who kept desperate hope her husband, William H. Morse, would survive the fighting. She wrote to him,I was almost crazy before I heard from you for fear that you had shared the fate of many a brave soldier. Her story and that of the fateful events in their lives provides graphic evidence of the fiber of Americas soldiers and their worthy families.
In a revealing portrait of courage and its often bloody consequences, Wiley Sword conveys a vivid picture of bravery under extreme stress, which is fully appropriate in todays world.

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Table of Contents As is usual Im grateful for the help of many who - photo 1
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As is usual, Im grateful for the help of many who helped, encouraged, supplied materials for, and assisted in this book. Many of the original materials used for this book came from my ever-expanding collection of historic Civil War letters. Most such items were purchased from Internet sources. For a longtime writer who continues to adjust to the modern era of Internet access, I must admit that the resources available, information extant, and total spectrum of data that can be gleaned from electronic means is stunning. Much of this book was put together on the basis of Internet data, or was obtained from sources available and located therefrom. For an author who has seemingly traveled to the ends of the earth for research, who wrote his first book entirely in longhand and then had a dedicated secretary type it, this is a truly marvelous development. The time saved, the miles not traveled, and the hassle-free means at hand ensure a much more easily produced product. Yet, kindly people are indispensable. The help of those who read and suggestedimprovements, and others who offered various photographs, letters, or other significant items, is gratefully acknowledged. They are an essential element:

Richard A. Baumgartner, Huntington, West Virginia
Dr. Albert Castel, Hillsdale, Michigan
Alain Houf, Belgium
Paul Larkin, North Falmouth, Massachusetts
John H. Lewis II, Suwanee, Georgia
Mark W. Johnson, U.S. Army
Dave Roth, Columbus, Ohio
Mary Younger, Dayton, Ohio

Also, the materials supplied by various institutions were important, and I thank these institutions for their generous help:

Charles S. Peace Collection, Navarro College, Corsicana, Texas
Georgetown University Library, Washington, D.C.
Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio
Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania
Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Yale University Library, New Haven, Connecticut

Special thanks are due to my editor at St. Martins Press, Michael Flamini, also to George Witte, editor in chief, and their staffs, particularly Vicki Lame. Dr. Albert Castel, Hillsdale, Michigan, read the manuscript and was very helpful with suggestions. Of course, my wife, Marianne, was most understanding in sacrificing her time, and as usual supported the project with her love and personal commitment.
Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart
Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863
President Washingtons Indian War: The Struggle for the Old Northwest, 1790-1795
Embrace an Angry Wind: The Confederacys
Last Hurrah; Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
Shiloh: Bloody April
Sharpshooter: Hiram Berdan, His Famous Sharpshooters, and Their Sharps Rifles
The Historic Henry Rifle: Oliver Winchesters
Famous Civil War Repeater
Firepower from Abroad: The Confederate Enfield and the Le Mat Revolver, 1861-1863
PART ONE
I. To Obey Orders or Not
Sergeant Eugene A. Casey McWayne, Company E, 127th Illinois Infantry, letters August 8, 11, 1864; Sergeant Andrew McCornack, Company I, 127th Illinois Infantry, letter August 19, 1864, Wiley Sword Collection, Suwannee, Ga.; U.S. War Department, War of the Rebellion: A Compiliation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, 128 vols., 1891-1902, ser. 1, vol. 38, part 3, 204 (hereafter cited as O.R.).
II. The Reason Why
Lieutenant Edgar N. Wilcox, 18th U.S. Infantry, diary 1863, entry August 16, 1863, Wiley Sword Collection.
Private Samuel W. Wolcott, Company F, 7th Connecticut Infantry, letter, November 19, 1863; Adjutant Generals Office, Record of Service of Connecticut Men in the Army and Navy of the United States During the War of Rebellion (Hartford, Ct., 1889), 291.
Private Samuel W. Wolcott, 7th Connecticut Infantry, letter June 12, 1864, Wiley Sword Collection.
Private Horace B. Ensworth, Company B, 81st New York Infantry, letter April 20, 1862, Wiley Sword Collection.
Private Horace B. Ensworth, Company B, 81st New York Infantry, letter December 1, 1864, Wiley Sword Collection.
Private Winfield S. Waterhouse, Company I, 17th Maine Infantry, letter November 14, 1862, eBay no. 2160941705, February 27, 2003.
Private Isaac B. Jones, 3rd Battalion, 18th U.S. Infantry, letter July 10, 1862, Wiley Sword Collection.
III. To Win Glory Enough
Captain David W. Norton, Company E, 42nd Illinois Infantry, letter September 30, 1861, Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, Company E, 42nd Illinois Infantry, letters November 1, 1861, December 2, 1861, Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, Company E, 42nd Illinois Infantry, letter December 2, 1861, Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, Company E, 42nd Illinois Infantry, letter September 24, 1862, Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, Company E, 42nd Illinois Infantry, letter November 12, 1862, Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, assistant inspector general (a.i.g), letter November 19, 1862, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, a.i.g., letter January 13, 1863, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, Company E, 42nd Illinois Infantry, letter November 19, 1862, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, a.i.g., letter June 24, 1863, Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain David W. Norton, a.i.g., letter May 10, 1863, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
Major David W. Norton, a.i.g., letters November 21, 23, 1863, January 24, 1864, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
Major David W. Norton, a.i.g., letters November 21, 23, 1863, January 24, 1864, March 10, 1864, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
Major David W. Norton, a.i.g., letter May 20, 1864, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
O.R. 1-38-1-806, 819.
Ibid.; Major David W. Norton, a.i.g., letter March 10, 1864, journal transcript (1894), Wiley Sword Collection.
Archive of Major David W. Norton, including personal army papers, Wiley Sword Collection.
Captain James A. Sexton, The Observations and Experiences of a Captain of Infantry at the Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864, Military Essays (MOLLUS, Illinois Commandery) (Chicago, 1907), 4:483; Private James Perry Campbell, Company D, 79th Illinois Infantry, letter October 17, 1863, Wiley Sword Collection.
Private James Perry Campbell, Company D, 79th Illinois Infantry, letter October 17, 1863, Wiley Sword Collection.
IV. The Face of Courage
[Memorial of] Adjutant Stearns [First Lieutenant Frazar A. Stearns, 21st Mass. Infantry], [by his father, W. A. Stearns] (H.O. Houghton, 1862), 64, 118.
Ibid., 154-55.
Ibid., 92.
Ibid., 94-95.
Ibid., 101, 153-54.
Ibid., 107-8.
Ibid., 154-55.
Amanda Ripley, How to Get Out Alive, Time, May 2, 2005, 59-62.
Lord Moran, The Anatomy of Courage (1945; repr. Garden City Park, N. Y.: Avery Publishing, 1987), 3ff.
Ibid.
Ibid., 170-72.
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