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USA, National Geographic Society, 2006.
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| Description |
416pBlack Spine
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| Summary/Abstract |
Authoritative text depicts the Civil War from a unique first-person point of view. Personal accounts, letters and diary entries reveal what life was like for soldiers and civilians, photo essays provide an honest look at slavery.
Major battles are described with photographs and art of the period.
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| Contents |
Introduction
A NATION DIVIDED
Two Americas
The brutal life of slaves
FIRST BLOOD
Fall of Fort Sumter
Trial at Bull run
Battle for the border lands
Outfitting the Confederate infantry
Union infantrymen dressed for war
TOTAL WAR
South to Shiloh
The coastal war
The struggle for Richmond
North to Antietam
Emancipation and endurance
The soldier's life
VICTORY OR DEATH
Taking Vicksburg
The road to Gettysburg
War on the home front
Breakthrough at Chattanooga
The cavalryman's flair
REBELS UNDER SIEGE
Grant against Lee
Descending on Atlanta
Paths to victory
The medical middle ages
THE FINAL ACT
Conquering the Carolinas
From Petersburg to Appomattox
The assassination of Lincoln
THE NATION REUNITED
Reconstructio
Casualties of war
Selected milestones
Vocabulary of war
Additional reading
Illustration credits
List of maps
First Blood
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| Standard Number |
0792262069 Hb.
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