A Short History of the Civil War: Ordeal by FireCourier Corporation, 1997-01-01 - 426 psl. Best one-volume history brings the events, figures, and battles of monumental conflict vividly to life. Absorbing details of military campaigns, battlefield strategies, and personalities revealed in an audacious style that carries readers breathlessly along from the day of Lincoln's inauguration to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House. |
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Cry Havoc | 3 |
The Twilight Zone | 9 |
First Interlude | 19 |
The Child of Fortune | 21 |
The West Virginia Operation | 25 |
Disaster in the Scrub | 28 |
Bull Run | 32 |
Portrait in Four Tones of Red | 36 |
ChancellorsvilleThe First Day | 190 |
Chancellorsville The Third Day | 196 |
Fevered Interlude | 198 |
When the Wave Broke | 203 |
The Gettysburg Campaign | 205 |
GettysburgThe Second Day | 213 |
The Revolt of the Turtle | 221 |
Torquemada? | 230 |
Scotts Anaconda | 43 |
Allegro Marziale | 51 |
The Kentucky Campaign | 52 |
Experiment in Tauromachy | 60 |
ShilohSunday Morning | 63 |
Varanus Salvator | 69 |
Black Week | 75 |
The Peninsular Campaign | 77 |
The Ironclad Carondelet | 88 |
Under Two Standards | 92 |
GENIUS IN THE ASCENDANT | 103 |
The Dolor of the Crescent | 105 |
Somebodys Hand Shook | 111 |
Inka and Corinth | 113 |
Water Is More Desirable Than Blood | 119 |
Braggs Invasion | 120 |
Second Interlude | 125 |
The Idiots Tale | 128 |
Stone River I | 129 |
Seven Times Against the City | 136 |
Grant Before Vicksburg | 139 |
The Summer of Discontent | 145 |
Popes Campaign | 147 |
Second Bull Run | 154 |
Forever Free | 156 |
Maryland My Maryland | 160 |
The Antietam Campaign | 163 |
The Dark Height | 170 |
The Dithyramb of Shiva | 175 |
MAN AND MACHINE | 185 |
The Absolute Masterpiece | 187 |
Fourth Interlude | 238 |
Bragg is a Good Dog | 240 |
The Tennessee Mountain Campaign | 241 |
But Holdfast Is Better | 254 |
The Fighting Around Chattanooga | 257 |
The Anaconda Again | 262 |
Autumn Maneuvers | 269 |
Lees Blow | 271 |
The Indecisiveness of Decisions | 275 |
TO THE STARS | 289 |
The Devil Is Let Loose | 291 |
The Atlanta CampaignSherman and Johnston | 295 |
Morituri Te Salutent | 304 |
The WildernessThe First Day | 309 |
The Feud of the Titans | 312 |
Suspense | 323 |
Morning Star | 329 |
Peachtree Creek | 330 |
The Ghost of 1812 | 341 |
Glory Hallelujah | 346 |
Sheridan in the Valley | 357 |
Confound Their Politics | 363 |
Bring the Good Old Bugle Boys | 366 |
Under the Iron Rod | 372 |
Thomas in Tennessee | 373 |
Here They Come | 384 |
Final Interlude | 392 |
Evening Star | 395 |
The Last Stand | 396 |
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