A holy baptism of fire and blood : the Bible and the American Civil War / by Byrd, James P., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…"His terrible swift sword" -- "The stone which the builders rejected" -- "The Red Sea of war" -- "This second war I consider equally as holy as the first" -- "A covenant of death" -- "Trust in Providence and keep your powder dry" -- "A holy baptism of fire and blood" -- "Welcome to the ransomed" -- "Without shedding of blood is no remission" -- "The sword of the lord" -- "We cannot escape history" -- "Of one blood all nations" -- "These dead have not died in vain" -- "Cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood" -- "Woe to that man by whom the offense cometh" -- "Baptized in the blood of their president" -- Epilogue. …”
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Confederate phoenix : rebel children and their families in South Carolina / by Drago, Edmund L.

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For their own cause : the 27th United States Colored Troops / by Mezurek, Kelly D.

Table of Contents: “…Free but unequal -- The making of a regiment -- Baptism under fire -- The labors of war -- A soldier's life -- A veteran's life.…”
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My dearest Lilla : letters home from Civil War General Jacob D. Cox / by Cox, Jacob D. 1828-1900

Table of Contents: “…The Making of a Soldier, 1861 -- Baptism of Fire: The Hills of (West) Virginia -- On the National Stage: The Antietam Campaign -- Paper General -- East Tennessee and the Struggle for Control -- The Atlanta Campaign -- The Taking of Atlanta -- Final Campaigns: Victory in the West/North Carolina -- Afterword.…”
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Gettysburg requiem : the life and lost causes of Confederate Colonel William C. Oates / by LaFantasie, Glenn W.

Table of Contents: “…Rough and tumble days -- Baptism by fire -- An unchristian state of mind -- Ragged jacks -- Boulders like gravestones -- In the purple gloom -- Gone to flickering -- The end of chivalry -- Before the bar -- The one-armed hero of Henry County -- Striking to hurt -- A soldier in his heart -- Stumbling toward equality -- Requiem.…”

Civil War Boston : home front and battlefield / by O'Connor, Thomas H., 1922-2012

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; 1 The Rising Storm; 2 The Call to Arms; 3 Baptism of Fire; 4 The Dark Clouds Gather; 5 The Tide Turns; 6 So Near, So Far; 7 Changing Patterns; 8 The Final Trumpet; Notes; Bibliography; Index…”
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Lee's Tigers revisited : the Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia / by Jones, Terry L., 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The Louisiana Tigers; 3. Baptism by Fire; 4. "Something to Boast Of"; 5. "I Have Got My Fill of Fighting"; 6. …”
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Guardian of Savannah : Fort McAllister, Georgia, in the Civil War and beyond / by Durham, Roger S.

Table of Contents: “…A time of change -- Baptism by fire -- Sand and grit -- The noise rolls like distant thunder -- Tangled machinery and charred relics -- A terrible storm of iron -- Lessons lost and lessons learned -- A post of honor -- A time of reckoning -- A perfect chaos -- The victors and the vanquished -- A final analysis -- Appendix 1. …”
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Contested borderland : the Civil War in Appalachian Kentucky and Virginia / by McKnight, Brian Dallas

Table of Contents: “…The central Appalachian divide in unity and secession -- Recruitment, training, and baptism : June-November 1861 -- Locking the Confederates into Virginia : December 1861-June 1862 -- The Kentucky campaign, Cumberland Gap : July-October 1862 -- The Kentucky campaign, Pound Gap : July-October 1862 -- An aggressive Union Army : November 1862-February 1863 -- Return to Kentucky, return to Virginia : February-April 1863 -- Southwestern Virginia besieged : May-September 1863 -- East Tennessee rescued, southwestern Virginia harassed : October 1863-March 1864 -- Impending defeat : April-September 1864 -- Violent war, violent peace : October 1864-April 1865.…”

The Shiloh campaign /

Table of Contents: “…Lundberg -- A terrible baptism by fire : David Stuart's defense of the Union left / Alexander Mendoza -- Anatomy of an icon : Shiloh's hornet's nest in Civil War memory / Timothy B. …”
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The Shiloh campaign /

Table of Contents: “…Lundberg -- A terrible baptism by fire : David Stuart's defense of the Union left / Alexander Mendoza -- Anatomy of an icon : Shiloh's hornet's nest in Civil War memory / Timothy B. …”
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The life of Johnny Reb : the common soldier of the Confederacy / by Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980

Table of Contents: “…COVER; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; PREFACE; I: OFF TO THE WAR; II: BAPTISM OF FIRE; III: BESETTING SINS; IV: IN WINTER QUARTERS; V: HEROES AND COWARDS; VI: BAD BEEF AND CORNBREAD; VII: FROM FINERY TO TATTERS; VIII: TRIALS OF SOUL; IX: BREAKING THE MONOTONY; X: CONSOLATIONS OF THE SPIRIT; XI: DEAR FOLKS; XII: KICKING OVER THE TRACES; XIII: THE DEADLIEST FOE; XIV: THE GENTLER SENTIMENTS; XV: MUZZLE LOADERS AND MAKESHIFTS; XVI: BLUE BELLIES AND BELOVED ENEMIES; XVII: WHAT MANNER OF MEN; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q.…”
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Wade Hampton : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / by Andrew, Rod, Jr

Table of Contents: “…The Apian way of the constitution -- Manassas: baptism of fire -- Long winter on the Occoquan -- As soon as we whip all the Yankees, I can come home: the peninsula -- Riding with Stuart -- Raiding on the Rappahannock -- Winter of discontent -- Brandy Station to Gettysburg -- The home front -- Division commander: November 1863 to May 1864 -- If we are successful now: May 1864 -- The test at Trevilian -- Hampton's cavalry: June-July 1864 -- The cavalry always fight well now: July-Sep 1864 -- Disaster -- The search for vindication -- Consider the position in which I find myself -- His solemn obligation: 1865-1866 -- Hampton, Sherman, and the Yankees -- Conquered provinces -- Another battle and a retreat -- Hampton and the Ku Klux Klan -- Hurrah for Hampton -- Interregnum -- Victory -- Promises to keep -- And now would you turn your backs on them?…”

Wade Hampton : Confederate warrior to southern redeemer / by Andrew, Rod, Jr

Table of Contents: “…The Apian way of the constitution -- Manassas: baptism of fire -- Long winter on the Occoquan -- As soon as we whip all the Yankees, I can come home: the peninsula -- Riding with Stuart -- Raiding on the Rappahannock -- Winter of discontent:1863 -- Brandy Station to Gettysburg -- The home front -- Division commander: November 1863 to May 1864 -- If we are successful now: May 1864 -- The test at Trevilian -- Hampton's cavalry: June-July 1864 -- The cavalry always fight well now: July-September 1864 -- My son, my son! …”
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Rebel yell : the violence, passion, and redemption of Stonewall Jackson / by Gwynne, S. C. 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Acclaim, and a new mission -- The hilljack and the society boy -- The defense of Richmond -- Victory by any other name -- In which everything changes -- No backing out this day -- The hum of a beehive -- At bay on his baptismal soil -- The mongrel, barefooted crew -- The blood-washed ground -- Stonewall Jackson's way -- pt. 5. …”