This book looks at six momentous engagements that influenced the course of history.
Recounts the siege of Fort Sumter, the fight between the Monitor and the Virgina at Hampton Roads, the second battle of Bull Run, and the battles of Gettysburg, Atlanta, and Petersburg
At the beginning of July, 1861, the Federals had 30,000 men encamped along the Potomac near the heights of Arlington under the general command of General Winfield Scott, who was a veteran of the war of 1812, as well as the Mexican war, but ...
More men lost their lives during the battles of the Civil War than in any other war involving the United States.
The accounts of twelve Civil War battles, preceded by a concise background to the war, explaining causes and summarizing weapons, equipment, organization and tactical aims of both armies, as well...
Battles of the Civil War
Through stunning facts, easy-to-read text, and colorful images and illustrations, this book will take children on a historical journey with the Confederate and Union armies as they fight the Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Gettysburg, and the ...
What was the first major battle of the Civil War? Which battle was fought for control of the Mississippi River? What was Sherman's "March to the Sea"? Read Battles of the Civil War to find out the answers to these questions and more.
The American Civil War, also known as the War Between the States, or simply the Civil War in the United States (see naming), was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 in the United States after seven Southern slave states declared their ...