Portraits of the Civil War
- ISBN-10
- 076511691X
- ISBN-13
- 9780765116918
- Category
- Confederate States of America
- Pages
- 128
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Publisher
- Smithmark Pub
- Author
- William C. Davis
Description
Contains sixty portraits of men and women who played significant roles during the Civil War years as soldiers, photographers, politicians, nurses, spies, diarists, drummer boys, and powder monkeys; each accompanied by an explanatory essay.
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