| Description |
454 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 x 28 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Rush to the colors (A fire bell in the night. Essay: Abolitionists -- Fate of the nation. Essay: Secessionists -- Warriors and patriots. Essay: Accouterments -- Sacred cause. Essay: The Zouaves -- War, glorious war. Essay: Men of Bull Run) -- War on a grand scale (The young Napoleon. Essay: Battle of Ball's Bluff -- The war at sea. Essay: Shipbuilding -- A killing blow. Essay: Dueling ironclads -- Deliverance. Essay: Mapmaking -- Forced to gamble. Essay: espionage -- Compassion's crusade. Essay: field surgeons -- The cresting wave. Essay: Stonewall Jackson) |
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Chaos and destruction (The enemy at home. Essay: The press -- "Let him fight". Essay: The 54th Massachusetts -- Turning point. Essay: Soldier life -- A leader, at last. Essay: the telegraph) -- To long endure (Rivers of blood. Essay: William T. Sherman -- Cavalry charge. Essay: Jeb Stuart -- Black flag. Essay: Mourning -- Referendum on resolve. Essay: Refugees -- The south at bay. Essay: The crater -- Full cycle. Essay: Davis imprisoned -- A long, dark road. Essay: photography) |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Pictorial works.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Miscellanea.
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| Added Author |
Pohanka, Brian C., 1955-2005
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| ISBN |
073703162X |
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9780737031621 |
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