Exploring the political,historical, and cultural significance of the war, this book exmines its impact on the civilians and military personnel caught up in it.
Succinct, with a brace of original documents following each chapter, Christopher J. Olsen's The American Civil War is the ideal introduction to American history's most famous, and infamous, chapter.
The second problem was if Porter failed, or if a large number of his ships were damaged or destroyed, the campaign was effectively ended (and with it, Grant's career). As the calls for Grant's dismissal rose with each passing day of no ...
The largest and most destructive military conflict between the Napoleonic Wars and the First World War, The American Civil War has inspired some of the best and most intriguing scholarship...
No event has transformed the United States more fundamentally - or been studied more exhaustively - than the Civil War. In Writing the Civil War, fourteen distinguished historians present a...
Campbell ran against Trousdale for a seat in the Tennessee House of Representatives . Although Trousdale had the endorsement and support of former president Andrew Jackson , Campbell defeated him . One presumed reason for Campbell's ...
Civil War Day by Day is a chronological history of the conflict Illustrated throughout with photographs. illustrations and maps.
Fresh analysis revises many previous theories on origins & significance of the nullification controversy.
Why Men Fought in the Civil War James M. McPherson. 2. Bell Irvin Wiley, The Life of Billy Yank (Indianapolis, 1952), 40; Chauncey Cooke to Doe Cooke, Jan. 6, 1863, in "A Badger Boy in Blue: The Letters of Chauncey H. Cooke,” WMH 4 ...
Hartje , Robert G. Van Dorn : The Life and Times of a Confederate General . Nashville , 1967 . ... Havins , Thomas R. Beyond the Cimarron : Major Earl Van Dorn in Commanche Land . ... Holcomb , R. I. “ The Scalping at Pea Ridge .
Campaignes of the Civil War - inclusive.