The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War 0684849453, 9780684849454

In this compelling new account of the American Civil War, noted historian David Eicher gives us an authoritative history

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English Pages 992 Year 2002

The Longest Night: A Military History of the Civil War
0684849453, 9780684849454

Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozen

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Analyzes many puzzling aspects of the Civil War, from its mismatched sides to the absence of decisive outcomes for dozen

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Sir, God hath taken away your eldest son by a cannon shot. It brake his leg. We were necessitated to have it cut off, wh

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The Civil War represented a momentous change in the character of war. It combined the projection of military might acros

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