| Description |
400 p. : ill., maps ; 36 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 400). |
| Contents |
Foreword: war for the world / by Abraham Lincoln -- Introduction: the greatest war of modern times -- The two Americas: North and South, Fort Sumter, 1st Bull Run to mid 1861 -- Offensive by sea: coastal operations, the high seas, peninsular campaign 1861-62 -- Armies of the rivers: the Western front, Shiloh, New Orleans -- early 1862 -- From limited to total war: 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Emancipation -- late 1862 -- Lee: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg -- 1862-mid 1863 -- The Mississippi Valley: Tennessee, Vicksburg, and the river -- 1862-mid 1863 -- By horse and by rail: cavalry raiders, railroads, prisons -- The Tennessee Valley: Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Red River -- late 1863-early 1864 -- Absolute war, total war: Wilderness, Atlanta, the Shenandoah, Nashville -- 1864 -- Absolute triumph: Petersburg, the Carolinas, Appomattox -- 1864-1865. |
| Note |
Illustrations on end papers. |
| Summary |
Outlines the history of the war's battles and events and reveals how its tactics, ingenuity, and inventions--such as the ironclad and the railroad--affected the course of American civilization. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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American Civil War (1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Chronological Term |
1861 - 1865
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
079245376X |
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9780792453765 |
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