Lee's lost dispatch and other civil war controversies /

Presents eleven stories form these turbulent times that afford a better understanding of how the war unfolded and how it was fought. The stories range form the Union's delayed introduction of repeating arms and why a commercial steamer and not a warship was sent to relieve Fort Sumter to how Ro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Leigh, Philip (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Yardley, Pennsylvania : Westholme Publishing, [2015]
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Table of Contents:
  • The biggest Confederate error?
  • The biggest Federal error?
  • Preempting the Civil War
  • Treasury innovations and mischiefs
  • The camelot couple
  • The burning of Atlanta
  • Choosing Sherman or Thomas
  • The Spring Hill spies
  • Ghosts of the lost dispatch
  • Florida after Vicksburg
  • Lincoln and McClellan.