The Civil War in the West : victory and defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi /

Provides a history of Civil War battles fought in the stretch of land from the Appalachians to the Mississippi, discussing how the North leveraged the manpower of free blacks and advanced techonologies to come out the victor.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Earl J.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
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Description
Summary:Provides a history of Civil War battles fought in the stretch of land from the Appalachians to the Mississippi, discussing how the North leveraged the manpower of free blacks and advanced techonologies to come out the victor.
Item Description:This volume of the Littlefield series is devoted to the land and river campaigns that took place in the Western theater of operations, from the Mississippi River eastward to the Appalachian Highlands.
Physical Description:xv, 392 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780807835425 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807835420 (cloth : alk. paper)