The Timechart History of the Civil War

By Motorbooks Intl

Book Overview

Now Civil War buffs and casual enthusiasts can have one comprehensive volume detailing everything from the uniforms, leaders and campaigns to the politics of the era, POW camps, military medicine,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0760311226
• ISBN13: 9780760311226
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Motorbooks Intl
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 12.5" x 1.0" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

GOOD DEAL & FINE REFERENCE BOOK ON THE CIVIL WAR

Don't expect a detailed history of the Civil War complete with quotes and in-depth analyses of the personalities, the battles, the comlexities of the conflict.What you do have in "The Timechart History of the Civil War" is a brief, but not-too brief narrative timechart chock full of interesting and informative sidebar themes on weapons, guerrillas, the brownwater and bluewater navies, and the cavalry to name just a few of the selections. This timechart also overflows with illustrations, engravings, prints, and old photographs so it is definitely not an ordinary timechart. This is one solid, more-than adequately researched reference (and I happen to be a Reference Librarian!)Furthermore, the editors and publishers have colour-tinged illustrations that would normally have been seen in black and white. Ever see how George Custer would have looked in a colour photograph? Or John Singleton Mosby? A comprehensive timeline, though not substantial history of the Civil War that deserves a place not just on the shelf of the Civil War buff but also on the shelves of most public libraries!