Captains of the Civil War
Nonfiction, History, Military, United States, Biography & Memoir, Reference
| Author: | William Wood | ISBN: | 1230000278935 |
| Publisher: | True North | Publication: | November 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | William Wood |
| ISBN: | 1230000278935 |
| Publisher: | True North |
| Publication: | November 8, 2014 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
The guns that thundered round Fort Sumter began the third and greatest modern civil war fought by English-speaking people. This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two--the War of the American Revolution and that of Puritan and Cavalier. But, though the present Chronicle never ignores the vital correlations between statesmen and commanders, it is a book of warriors, through and through.
The guns that thundered round Fort Sumter began the third and greatest modern civil war fought by English-speaking people. This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two--the War of the American Revolution and that of Puritan and Cavalier. But, though the present Chronicle never ignores the vital correlations between statesmen and commanders, it is a book of warriors, through and through.
