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"This book triumphs on several levels ... This is going to be my answer to the question 'Where should I start looking at the Civil War'' from now on."--TOCWOC-A Civil War Blog The New Civil War Handbook is a complete up-to-date guide for American Civil War enthusiasts of all...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hughes, Mark, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Dorado Hills, Calif. : Newbury : Savas Beatie ; Casemate [distributor], 2009.
Temas:
1861-1865
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
History.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Chronology.
United States
Chronology
chronologies (lists)
Chronologies
History
Chronologies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Publisherâ€?s Preface
  • SECTION I: FACTS Naming the War
  • Civil War Voices
  • Did You Know? Interesting Facts About the Civil War
  • Whatâ€?s in a Name?
  • Civil War Veterans Better Known for Other Achievements
  • Organization of the Armies
  • SECTION 2: IMAGES OF WAR Civil War Begins
  • Generals
  • Soldiers
  • A Soldierâ€?s Life
  • Battles and Battlefields
  • Technology and the War
  • Weapons of War
  • War on the Water
  • Caring for the Sick, Wounded, and Dead
  • Prisoners of War
  • Civilians Caught up in the War
  • Women and the WarAfrican Americans and the War
  • The Civil War and Native Americans
  • The War Ends
  • Reconstruction
  • SECTION III: FIGURES Numbers and Losses
  • Strength of the Union Army
  • Losses in Major Battles
  • Number of Engagements Fought in Each State and Territory During the Civil War
  • Alternate Names of Battles
  • Troops Furnished by the Various States and Territories to the Union Army
  • Causes of Battle Wounds
  • Major Causes of Death
  • Principal Union Prisons
  • Principal Confederate Prisons
  • SECTION IV: MISCELLANY African Americans in the Civil WarNative Americans in the Civil War
  • Glossary of Civil War Terms
  • Civil War Points of Interest
  • Civil War Bookshelf
  • Civil War on the Web

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