American Battlefields: A Complete Guide to the Historic Conflicts in Words, Maps, and Photos

by Hubbard H. Cobb and Stanley Schuler

Book Overview

Every year more than 5 million people visit America's battlefields. Here in maps, text, and illustrations is all of the history, lore, heroism, and tragedy of those sites. Organized chronologically by... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0028604369
• ISBN13: 9780028604367
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Good general coverage of battles and the fields

This is a nice general guide to battles fought on American soil, giving a decent synopsis of events and usually a simple diagram of the battles (I still wish these were better, more detailed). It also delineates where possible the strength/casualties involved. At the end of each entry it tells if the battle area is accessible and what is available there. This feature itself makes it a little more plain what condition some of the sites are in - i.e., if they exist at all. I like these facts but also like that it covers much ground, from various Indian wars to French & Indian to Mexican as well as the already-well-publicized Civil War.