The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War

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The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War (Fully Illustrated)
English | PDF | 630 Pages | 933.31 Mb

For a person seeking a single volume to serve as a captivating introduction and a dependable guide through all the maze of battles and issues of the Civil War, this is a book without parallel. Bruce Catton understood the Civil War - its participants and battles - and he unfolds it with skill and simplicity. Of all historians past and present, Bruce Catton ranks among the best.

INTRODUCTION 6
CHAPTER ONE: A House Divided 8
CHAPTER TWO: The Opening Guns 58
CHAPTER THREE: The Clash of Amateur Armies 90
CHAPTER FOUR: Real Warfare Begins 112
CHAPTER FIVE: The Navies 168
CHAPTER SIX: Confederate High Water Mark 208
CHAPTER SEVEN: A Search for Allies 248
CHAPTER EIGHT: Stalemate, East and West 264
CHAPTER NINE: The South's Last Opportunity 290
CHAPTER TEN: The Armies 352
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Two Economies at War 392
CHAPTER TWELVE: The Destruction of Slavery 416
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Northern Vise Tightens 440
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: The Politics of War 482
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Total Warfare 514
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Forlorn Hope 544
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: Victory 562
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: End and Beginning 590
AFTERWORD: The Sound of Distant Drums 606
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS & INDEX 617

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