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Book Synopsis The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide by : John S. Salmon
Download or read book The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide written by John S. Salmon and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 142 two-color maps vividly depict battlefield action Detailed local driving directions guide visitors to each battlefield site Of the 384 Civil War battlefields cited as critical to preserve by the congressionally appointed Civil War Sites Advisory Commission, 123-fully one-third-are located in Virginia. The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide is the comprehensive guidebook to the most significant battles of the Civil War. Reviewed by Edwin C. Bearss and other noted Civil War authorities and sanctioned by the National Park Service and the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, no other guidebook on the market today rivals it for historical detail, accuracy, and credibility.
Book Synopsis The Civil War Battlefield Guide by : Frances H. Kennedy
Download or read book The Civil War Battlefield Guide written by Frances H. Kennedy and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1998 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays, maps, and illustrations provide information on every major battle and campaign of the Civil War battlefields.
Download or read book Manassas written by Ethan S. Rafuse and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the essential guide to the Manassas battlefields, site of two of the Civil War’s critical campaigns. Ethan S. Rafuse, a distinguished scholar of the Civil War, provides a clearly organized, thorough, and uniquely insightful account of both campaigns, along with expert analysis and precise directions for armchair traveler and battlefield visitor alike. The July 1861 Battle of First Manassas and the August 1862 Battle of Second Manassas unequivocally influenced the course and outcome of the Civil War. The first battle dealt a decisive blow to hopes that the inexperienced armies of the North and the South could bring about a quick military resolution of the secession crisis. The second battle was the climactic engagement of a spectacular campaign that carried the war to the outskirts of Washington DC and marked the coming of age of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia. Manassas: A Battlefield Guide presents readers with a clear, convenient guide to the sites in northern and central Virginia that shaped the course and outcome of these campaigns. Lucid, concise narratives give readers a better understanding of the events that took place on these battlefields and of the terrain, personalities, and decisions that shaped them.
Book Synopsis The Civil War Battlefield Guide by : Conservation Fund (Arlington, Va.)
Download or read book The Civil War Battlefield Guide written by Conservation Fund (Arlington, Va.) and published by Mariner Books. This book was released on 1990 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This, the definitive guide to Civil War battlefields, brings that history to life in words, maps, and pictures. It covers not only the famous battlefields in the National Park System, but many others that have been all but forgotten.
Download or read book Gettysburg written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Little Round Top, the Railroad Cut, Pickett's Charge0́4these are the turning points within the most important battle of the Civil War. Even careful students of Gettysburg, however, can find themselves disoriented when visiting the site itself. Here, finally, is a convenient guide for serious student and casual visitor alike that makes plain the sweep of events and the geography of the battlefield.This invaluable guidebook was created by scholars who have walked the battlegrounds, consulted with local experts and park guides, and studied the testimony left behind by the participants. Gettysburg will help you find all the important locales and understand what the participants saw in 1863, even if you have no prior knowledge of the battle. Designed to enhance the experience of both first-time and returning visitors, this guide can be used alone or as a supplement to a tour. Clearly written and illustrated with maps and photographs, this is the book to have when you explore Gettysburg.
Book Synopsis Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry by : Ethan S. Rafuse
Download or read book Antietam, South Mountain, and Harpers Ferry written by Ethan S. Rafuse and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In September 1862 the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac conducted one of the truly great campaigns of the Civil War. At South Mountain, Harpers Ferry, and Antietam, North and South clashed in engagements whose magnitude and importance would earn this campaign a distinguished place in American military history. The siege of Harpers Ferry produced the largest surrender of U.S. troops in the nation's history until World War II, while the day-long battle at Antietam on September 17 still holds the distinction of being the single bloodiest day of combat in Amer.
Book Synopsis Civil War Battlefields by : David J. Eicher
Download or read book Civil War Battlefields written by David J. Eicher and published by Taylor Trade Publishing. This book was released on 2005-03-14 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, for the first time, is a book that goes beyond providing just a brief battle history for each of the Civil War parks. Civil War Battlefields presents a detailed, clear narrative describing exactly what visitors can see and do in twelve important battlefield areas covering 22 campaigns and approxiamately 40 separate battles.
Book Synopsis Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove by : Christopher Lawrence Brest
Download or read book Wilson's Creek, Pea Ridge, and Prairie Grove written by Christopher Lawrence Brest and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A useful guidebook for the significant Civil War battles of Wilson's Creek, Pear Ridge, and Prairie Grove.
Book Synopsis Chickamauga by : Steven E. Woodworth
Download or read book Chickamauga written by Steven E. Woodworth and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an overview of this dramatic battle of the Civil War, this book also provides an on-site tour to help both serious students and casual visitors get the most out of a visit to the location. 43 maps.
Download or read book Summer Thunder written by Matt Spruill and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2010-11-16 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the myriad books examining the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863), Summer Thunder is one of a kind. A terrific resource for is visitors to the national military park, it explores the clashing armies’ deployment of artillery throughout the battle—from one position to another, from one day to the next. Matt Spruill, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former licensed Gettysburg guide, carefully takes readers to every point on the battlefield where artillery was used, and combining his own commentary with excerpts from the Official Records and other primary sources, he reveals the tactical thinking of both Union and Confederate commanders. Spruill uses a sequential series of thirty-five “stops,” complete with driving instructions and recent photographs, to guide readers around the park and orient them about where the opposing units were placed and what happened there. Detailed maps depict the battlefield as it was in 1863 and are marked with artillery positions, including the number of guns in action with each battery. Meanwhile, the passages from primary sources allow the reader to see key events as the actual participants saw them. The book also brims with information about the various artillery pieces used by both sides, from howitzers to Parrott rifles and Napoleon field guns, and the critical role they played over the course of the battle, right up its outcome. Summer Thunder devotes a chapter to each of the three days of the historic devotes a chapter to each of the three days of the historic Summer Thunder engagement between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia. One can follow the battle chronologically in its entirety from Stop 1 to Stop 35, or concentrate on a specific day or a specific area. In fact, the maps and orientation information are of such detail that the book can be used even without being on the battlefield, making it an invaluable reference work for expert and novice alike.
Book Synopsis A Field Guide to Gettysburg by : Carol Reardon
Download or read book A Field Guide to Gettysburg written by Carol Reardon and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2013-07-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively guide to the Gettysburg battlefield, Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler invite readers to participate in a tour of this hallowed ground. Ideal for carrying on trips through the park as well as for the armchair historian, this book includes comprehensive maps and deft descriptions of the action that situate visitors in time and place. Crisp narratives introduce key figures and events, and eye-opening vignettes help readers more fully comprehend the import of what happened and why. A wide variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offer colorful stories and present interesting interpretations that have shaped--or reshaped--our understanding of Gettysburg today. Each stop addresses the following: What happened here? Who fought here? Who commanded here? Who fell here? Who lived here? How did participants remember this event?
Download or read book Shiloh written by Mark Grimsley and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to Shiloh, one of the key battlefields of the Civil War, provides precise directions to all the important locations on the battlefield, along with more than forty detailed maps, vivid descriptions of the battle, and an analysis of the events of the engagement, key personalities involved, and the ultimate ramifications of the conflict. Original.
Book Synopsis Storming the Heights by : Matt Spruill
Download or read book Storming the Heights written by Matt Spruill and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An outstanding guide meets the needs of the serious students as well as the casual visitor. - Edwin Bearss, former chief historian of the National Park Service In this guide, matt Spruill recounts the story of the November 1863 battle of Chattanooga using official reports and observations by commanding officers in their own words. The book is organized in the format still used by the military on staff rides, allowing the reader to understand how the battle was fought and why leaders made the decisions they did. Unlike other books on the battle of Chattanooga, this work guides the reader through the battlefield, allowing both visitor and armchair traveler to see the battle through the eyes of its participants. Numerous tour stops take the reader through the battles for Chattanooga: Wauhatchie, Lookout mountain, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. With easy-to-follow instructions, extensive tactical maps, eyewitness accounts, and editorial analyses, the reader is transported to the center of the action. Storming the heights offers new insights and covers key ground rarely seen by visitors to Chattanooga. The Author: A retired army colonel, matt Spruill served as a licensed battlefield guide for the national Park Service at Gettysburg Battlefield Military Park. He is the author of A Guide to the Battle of Chickamauga. "
Book Synopsis The Peninsula and Seven Days by : Brian K. Burton
Download or read book The Peninsula and Seven Days written by Brian K. Burton and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2007-05-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Often cited as one of the most decisive campaigns in military history, the Seven Days Battles were the first campaign in which Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia?as well as the first in which Lee and Thomas ?Stonewall? Jackson worked together. In this guidebook, the acknowledged expert on the Seven Days Battles conducts readers, tourists, and armchair travelers through the history and terrain of this pivotal series of Civil War battles. ø Maps and descriptive overviews of the battles guide readers to key locales and evoke a sense of what participants on either side saw in 1862. From the beginning of George B. McClellan?s Peninsula Campaign, which culminated in the Seven Days, to the bloody battles that saved the Confederate capital from capture, this guide unfolds the strategies, routes, and key engagements of this critical campaign, offering today?s visitors and Civil War enthusiasts the clearest picture yet of what happened during the Seven Days.
Book Synopsis Civil War Battlefields and Landmarks by : Frank E. Vandiver
Download or read book Civil War Battlefields and Landmarks written by Frank E. Vandiver and published by Gramercy. This book was released on 2006 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses Fort Sumter, Manassas, Harpers Ferry, Antietam, Richmond, Gettysburg, Appomattox Court House, Shiloh, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and more.
Book Synopsis Smithsonian's Great Battles & Battlefields of the Civil War by : Jay Wertz
Download or read book Smithsonian's Great Battles & Battlefields of the Civil War written by Jay Wertz and published by William Morrow. This book was released on 1997 with total page 866 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organized by state and cross-referenced chronologically, this authoritative guide to every recorded battle and battlefield of America's bloodiest and most rending war explains the various battles and details the strategies behind troop movements. Lively anecdotes and biographies of the participants--both well-known and obscure--offer the personal perspective that makes history immediate and meaningful. 100+ photos & maps.
Book Synopsis Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign by : Charles R. Bowery
Download or read book Guide to the Richmond-Petersburg Campaign written by Charles R. Bowery and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The most thorough and accurate guide book available for one of the most complex and prolonged campaigns of the Civil War by two experts in military history and Civil War battlefield sites.
