Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: VOLUME 5

By Peter Cozzens

Book Overview

Sifting carefully through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, Peter Cozzens' Volume 6 brings readers more of the best first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the conflict. Alongside the experiences of lower-ranking officers and enlisted men are accounts from key personalities including General John Gibbon, General John C. Lee, and seven prominent generals from both sides offering views on " why the Confederacy failed." This volume includes one hundred and twenty illustrations, including sixteen previously uncollected maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252024044
• ISBN13: 9780252024047
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 744 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"