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Essential Histories: The American Civil War (1) : The war in the East 1861–May 1863 by Gary W. Gallagher is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Essential Histories: The American Civil War (1) : The war in the East 1861–May 1863 about?
"The United States saw long-simmering sectional tensions erupt into fighting at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in April 1861, beginning what would become the most cataclysmic military struggle in the western world between Waterloo and the First World War. This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theater during the conflict's first two years, highlighting Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses, leadership and strategy on each side, and the ways in which events on the battlefield influenced politics, diplomacy, and debates about emancipation. Osprey Essential Histories are complete yet concise studies of each major conflict in history. "--Bloomsbury Publishing.
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- Author
- Gary W. Gallagher
- Publisher
- Osprey Publishing is part of the Osprey Group. Osprey Publishing Ltd
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781841762395
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Humanities
Other editions & translations
- Essential Histories: The American Civil War (4) : The war in the West 1863–1865 (2001)
- The American Civil War (2): The war in the West 1861–July 1863 (Essential Histories) (2001)
- The American Civil War (4): The war in the West 1863–1865 (Essential Histories) (v. 4) (2001)
- Essential Histories: The American Civil War (1) : The war in the East 1861–May 1863 (2001)
- The American Civil War : the war in the East 1861 - May 1863 (2001)
- Essential Histories: The American Civil War (4) : The war in the West 1863–1865 (2014)
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