A Worse Place Than Hell: How the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg Changed a Nation
- ISBN-10
- 0393247074
- ISBN-13
- 9780393247077
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 528
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2021-02-09
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton
- Author
- John Matteson
Description
Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their enduring legacy for America.
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