Confederate Generals in the Western Theater, Vol. 3: Essays on America’s Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 1572337907
- ISBN-13
- 9781572337909
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-30
- Publisher
- Univ. of Tennessee Press
- Authors
- Arthur W. Bergeron, Lawrence L. Hewitt
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