Includes information on arms and weapons, uniforms, camp life, and medical care during the Civil War.
REBELS AND YANKEES THE FIGHTING MEN OF THE CIVIL WAR America's Civil War is one of the best documented in the world, its causes analyzed and effects discussed to this day.
Documents the everyday life of the common soldier during the Civil War, including information on what life was like for the soldiers in basic training, combat, and imprisonment.
Using archival and re-enactment photographs, and contemporary accounts in official documents, letters, diaries, and contemporary reportage, these books portray what it was like for ordinary men to be thrust into battle and into the most ...
Not so, argues James M. McPherson. In Embattled Rebel, McPherson shows us that Davis might have been on the wrong side of history, but it is too easy to diminish him because of his cause's failure.
"Powerful leaders emerged during the victories and defeats of the Civil War. Meet the people who planned the battles, led the attacks, and shaped the war between the Yankees and the Rebels.
29 Carleton Report, March 21, 1865, in Navajo Roundup, ed. Kelly, 165–66; Santa Fe Gazette, April 1, 1865, p. 2. 30 Carleton to Julius Shaw, March 23, 1865, in Doolittle, Condition of the Indian Tribes, Appendix, 223.
Illustrated with contemporary photographs, artwork of uniforms, and equipment, this volume also features among others the uniforms and personal memorabilia of Generals Lee, Grant, Meade, and Jackson.
The Battlefields of the Civil War tells the stories of thirteen of the most important battles, including First Manassas, Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and the Wilderness.
While the Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies engaged in conventional warfare, A Savage Conflict is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War.
John B. Turchin , Chickamauga ( Chicago : Fergus Printing Company , 1888 ) , 164 . 9. David M. Kapaun , " Major General Joseph J. Reynolds and His Division at Chickamauga : A Historical Analysis " ( thesis for Master of Military Art and ...