The American Civil War - The War in the East 1861 - May 1863

First Published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

About the author

Gary W. Gallagher

Summary

This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theatre during the first two years of the American Civil War, highlighting Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses, leadership and strategy, and the ways in which the conflict influenced politics, diplomacy, and debates about emancipation.

Additional text

"A very useful resource, especially, but by no means exclusively, in school and college libraries...these books offer very useful standardised accounts and are presented in very attractive and approachable volumes." -- Reference Reviews

Product details

• Authors: Gary W. Gallagher
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781579583569
• ISBN: 978-1-57958-356-9
• No. of pages: 98
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Essential Histories; Essential Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States, HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Early modern warfare (including gunpowder warfare), c 1860 to c 1869, Civil wars, American Civil War, HISTORY / Military / Early Modern Warfare (1500-1800)