The Civil War in Fifty Objects

Offers a visual perspective on the Civil War as reflected by artifacts ranging from a soldier's footlocker and the Emancipation Proclamation to leaves from Abraham Lincoln's bier and Grant's handwritten terms of surrender at Appomattox.

Product details

• Authors: Harold Holzer, Harold/ New-York Historical Society (COR)/ Holzer, Holzer Harold, New-York Historical Society
• Assisted by: Eric Foner (Introduction)
• Publisher: Penguin Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 02.05.2013, delayed
• EAN: 9780670014637
• ISBN: 978-0-670-01463-7
• No. of pages: 416
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Battles & campaigns, c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, Specific wars and military campaigns