A Great Civil War
Subtitle: A Military and Political History 1861-1865
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: February 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 648
ISBN-13: 9780253217066
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; c 1800 to c 1900; History; History - Military / War; Military; USA; Military - General; Political History; United States - Civil War
First sentence: If the secession of seven Southern states from the Union meant war, the tinder with which to ignite the flame lay immediately at hand in Charleston harbor, South Carolina, in the state where secession fever ran hottest.