Big Bethel : the first battle

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Label

Big Bethel : the first battle

Title remainder

the first battle

Statement of responsibility

John V. Quarstein

Creator

• Quarstein, John V

Contributor

• hoopla digital

Subject

• Big Bethel, Battle of, Va., 1861
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

The battle at Virginia's Big Bethel Church, known as the Civil War's first land battle, was a baptism of fire for a nation newly torn apart by civil war. Northern and Southern soldiers alike could not imagine how fiery passions and technological advances would collide into America's bloodiest war, all beginning that hot, cloudless day at Bethel, as the shells burst among the smartly clad Zouaves. Here, the war saw its first friendly fire incident, the death of the first West Point graduate, the death of the first Confederate infantryman and the first Confederate victory. Join award-winning historian John Quarstein as he details the story of the June 10, 1861 battle, when soldiers first realized that the war would not be filled with glorious parades but rather desperate struggles to decide the fate of the nation

Cataloging source

Midwest

Dewey number

973.7/31

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Target audience

adult