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From the first shots fired at Fort Sumter in 1861 to the final clashes on the Road to Appomattox in 1864, The Atlas of the Civil War reconstructs the battles of America's bloodiest war with unparalleled clarity and precision. Edited by Pulitzer Prize recipient James M. McPherson and written by America's leading military historians, this peerless reference charts the major campaigns and skirmishes of the Civil War. Each battle is meticulously plotted on one of 200 specially commissioned full-color maps. Timelines provide detailed, play-by-play maneuvers, and the accompanying text highlights the strategic aims and tactical considerations of the men in charge. Each of the battle, communications, and locator maps are cross-referenced to provide a comprehensive overview of the fighting as it swept across the country. With more than two hundred photographs and countless personal accounts that vividly describe the experiences of soldiers in the fields, The Atlas of the Civil War brings to life the human drama that pitted state against state and brother against brother.
Recounts the events of the Civil War, describes the daily lives of Confederate soldiers, and provides excerpts from letters, poems, and other documents.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter xxvii looking back--forty years after At the close of the war, the men who did the active work were tired and indifferent to its magnitude, its spectacular features, and its results--The great majority thought only of getting back to their families and industrial pursuits--A comprehensive and critical view of the war by its participants impossible--It can be done now more logically than ever before--But two hundred years from now the large-brained historian will do it from a disinterested study of the facts--The best equipped critic at the time was perhaps Von Moltke--Yet he could not comprehend all the factors that made up the delay and want of skill in our Civil War--A constitutional republican form of government incompatible with the best military efficiency--A description of one of the real common soldiers who were efficient in putting down the rebellion--Extract from a German writer upon the aptitude and method of the American soldier--The world applauded Germany for the skill and dispatch in winning in the Franco-Prussian War, but not at the objects accomplished--On the contrary, the common people everywhere applauded the triumph of the Union army here at the objects accomplished, not at the skill and dispatch with which it was done--The decisive battles of the war were Grant's campaign, began in the Wilderness, May 4, 1864, and ending at Appomattox; and the Atlanta campaign, ending at Nashville in December, 1864. It is curious to study the psychology of the Civil War. The indifference with which our men turned their backs on the great events then closing in 1865, is a marvel in human affairs. It was a result of republican institutions, with their lessons of simplicity and equality controlling the habits and principles of...
Selections from the James I. Robertson, Jr. Civil War Sesquicentennial Legacy Collection
Recounts the events of the Civil War, describes the daily lives of the Union soldiers, and provides excerpts from letters, poems, and other documents.
Unparalleled in its blending of photographic imagery and riveting accounts of soldier-participants, Echoes of Battle: The Struggle for Chattanooga offers a unique portrayal of the Civil War's strategically important Tullahoma, Chickamauga and Chattanooga campaigns. The authors draw from hundreds of 1863 diaries, journals, letters and official reports, as well as memoirs, reminiscences and regimental histories to provide in-depth insight into the experiences of Federal and Confederate enlisted men, and their commanding officers. Combining 450 personal narratives with 465 wartime photographs -- many of them from private collections and never before published -- continues an unsurpassed standard previously set by the author's critically acclaimed volume, Echoes of Battle: The Atlanta Campaign, which received the Richard B. Harwell Award in 1994.