American Civil War
Subtitle: The War in the East 1861-May 1863
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9781472809681
Subjects: United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, campaigns
Description: "The United States saw long-simmering sectional tensions erupt into fighting at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in April 1861, beginning what would become the most cataclysmic military struggle in the western world between Waterloo and the First World War. This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theater during the conflict's first two years, highlighting Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses, leadership and strategy on each side, and the ways in which events on the battlefield influenced politics, diplomacy, and debates about emancipation. Osprey Essential Histories are complete yet concise studies of each major conflict in history. "--Bloomsbury Publishing.