Bibliograph

The American Civil War, a military history, John Keegan

Type

Label

The American Civil War, a military history, John Keegan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The American Civil War

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

303042551

Responsibility statement

John Keegan

Sub title

a military history

Table Of Contents

North and South divide -- Will there be a war? -- Improvised armies -- Running the war -- The military geography of the Civil War -- The life of the soldier -- Plans -- Mcclellan takes command -- The war in middle America -- Lee's war in the East, Grant's war in the West -- Chancellorsville & Gettysburg -- Vicksburg -- Cutting the Chattanooga-Atlantic link -- The Overland Campaign & the fall of Richmond -- Breaking into the South -- The battle off Cherbourg & the Civil War at sea -- Black soldiers -- The home fronts -- Walt Whitman and wounds -- War generalship -- War battle -- Could the South have survived? -- The end of the war

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