Sources for Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 0197512933
- ISBN-13
- 9780197512937
- Category
- Secession
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020
- Authors
- Elizabeth R. Varon, Stefan Lund
Description
"A higher education history source book to accompany Armies of Deliverance: A New History of the Civil War College Edition by Elizabeth R. Varon"--
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- 2020
- 192 pages
- Paperback
- Oxford University Press, USA
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