Reflections on the Civil War

Reflections on the Civil War
ISBN-10
0385063474
ISBN-13
9780385063470
Category
Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Pages
246
Language
English
Published
1981
Publisher
Doubleday
Author
Bruce Catton

Description

The eminent historian's posthumous summation of the Civil War's causes and effects illuminates crucial events and personalities and is complemented by rare, on-the-scene sketches kept by a Union soldier

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