Civil War Letters: From Home, Camp and Battlefield
- ISBN-10
- 0486484505
- ISBN-13
- 9780486484501
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 207
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- Courier Corporation
- Author
- Bob Blaisdell
Description
Wartime letters include correspondence of Union and Confederate sympathizers and soldiers of all ranks. Authentic illustrations accompany insightful missives by Lincoln, Grant, Lee, Whitman, Davis, and many of their contemporaries.
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- 1994-06-01
- 210 pages
- Paperback
- McGraw-Hill College
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