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The American Civil War

The War in the East 1861 - May 1863

By: Gary W. Gallagher

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Hardcover | 1 February 2001 | Edition Number 1

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Non-Fiction History Military History American Civil War Regional & National History History of the Americas Earliest Times to Present Day Modern History from 1700 to 1900 Warfare & Defence Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works

Introduction	p. 7
Chronology	p. 9
Background to war: Sectional tensions divide the United States, 1820-1860	p. 11
Outbreak: Election; Southern secession; creation of the Confederacy	p. 16
Warring sides: Strengths and weaknesses of the Union and the Confederacy	p. 22
The fighting: From First Manassas to Chancellorsville	p. 26
Common soldiers: Federals and Confederates in camp and in battle	p. 70
Portrait of a soldier: Robert Augustus Moor, a Confederate soldier	p. 75
The world around war: Northern and Southern society adjust to the demands of war	p. 79
Portrait of a civilian: Elizabeth Herndon Maury on the Virginia home front	p. 87
How the period ended: An uncertain future	p. 91
Further reading	p. 93
Index	p. 94
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The American Civil War

The War in the East 1861 - May 1863

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