A Short History of the Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Short History of the Civil War write by James L. Stokesbury. This book was released on 2011-03-15. A Short History of the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Definitive One-Volume History of the American Civil War The American Civil War (1861–1865) was the pivotal conflict of the nation’s history. It was a war defined by savage brutality, untold human costs, and monumental political crises that left the literal and social landscape of the nation forever changed. One hundred fifty years later, it continues to hold a powerful grip on the American psyche. In A Short History of the Civil War, noted historian James L. Stokesbury dramatically and concisely chronicles the important events leading up to the war and, using maps, recounts its decisive battles while describing the strategies and tactics of the North’s and South’s prominent commanders. Drawing on fascinating details and little-known facts, Stokesbury also brings to life the generals—Grant, Lee, Hooker, McClellan, Jackson—and the unsung heroes of this great struggle between the Union and the Confederacy.
A Short History of the American Civil War
A Short History of the American Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Short History of the American Civil War write by Paul Christopher Anderson. This book was released on 2019-12-26. A Short History of the American Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history, claiming the lives of at least 600,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians and slaves. The Civil War was also one of the world's first truly industrial conflicts, involving railroads, the telegraph, steamships and mass-manufactured weaponry. The eventual victory of the Union over the Confederacy rang the death-knell for American slavery, and set the USA on the path to becoming a truly world power. Paul Christopher Anderson shows how and why the conflict remains the nation's defining moment, arguing that it was above all a struggle for power and political supremacy but was also a struggle for the idea of America. Melding social, cultural and military history, the author explores iconic battles like Shiloh, Chickamauga, Antietam and Gettysburg, as well as the bitterly contesting forces underlying them and the myth-making that came to define them in aftermath. He shows that while both sides began the war in order to preserve - the integrity of the American state in the case of the Union, the integrity of a culture, a value system, and as slave society in the case of the Confederacy - it allowed the American South to define a regional identity that has survived into modern times.
A Short History of the Civil War
A Short History of the Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Short History of the Civil War write by Fletcher Pratt. This book was released on 2013-07-04. A Short History of the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Best one-volume history brings the events, figures, and battles of monumental conflict vividly to life. Absorbing details of military campaigns, battlefield strategies, and personalities revealed in an audacious style.
Ordeal by Fire
Ordeal by Fire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ordeal by Fire write by Fletcher Pratt. This book was released on 1935. Ordeal by Fire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
American Heritage History of the Civil War
American Heritage History of the Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook American Heritage History of the Civil War write by Bruce Catton. This book was released on 2014-08-05. American Heritage History of the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Here is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Bruce Catton’s unsurpassed account of the Civil War, one of the most moving chapters in American history. Introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winner James M. McPherson, the book vividly traces the epic struggle between the Blue and Gray, from the early division between the North and South to the final surrender of Confederate troops.
