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66 Pages |
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America's
Civil War |
Volume
3, Number 2 |
July
1990 |
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66 Pages |
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8 Union veteran James Grant brought the war home with him. Page
12 The spruce new 3rd Alabama was not a "bandbox" unit for long. Page
18 The newly declared war still seemed a romantic adventure to the inexperienced Union and Confederate troops at Manassas. The illusion wouldn't last long. Page
26 An ambitious assault on North Carolina's fragile Outer Banks by Union army and navy units was the brainchild of bluff, affable Ambrose Burnside. Page
34 Proud, touchy Southern generals sometimes seemed more interested in fighting each other than they were in fighting the enemy. Page
42 Union General William Sherman left the smoking ruins of Atlanta behind him and boldly set out for the sea. "War is cruelty," he warned civilians. Page
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54 The torpedo boat David seemed like a miracle. Page
58 Plan a do-it-yourself driving tour of Virginia battlefields.
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