The new annals of the Civil War

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The new annals of the Civil War / edited by Peter Cozzens and Robert I. Girardi.

Cozzens, Peter, 1957- (Added Author). Girardi, Robert I. (Added Author).

Summary:

The four-volume Battles and Leaders of the Civil War remains one of the all time best-selling works ever published on the War between the States. First released in 1887, it provided the American public with an absolute treasure trove of articles written by many of the leading figures of the war, along with a visual feast of drawings and paintings by some of the era's most popular artists. Much of the content for this seminal collection was first published serially in Century Magazine.

Record details

ISBN: 0811700585
ISBN: 9780811700580
Physical Description: xiii, 610 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, c2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references (p. 599) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: Elmer Ellsworth's career / Frank E. Brownell -- The Battle of Belmont / Benjamin F. Sawyer -- Regaining the Atlantic Coast / Thomas Hall -- Why Stonewall Jackson resigned / Henry Kyd Douglas -- The Battle of Shiloh / James S. Brisbin -- The Peninsular campaign : from the slaughter at Seven Pines to a Boston prison / Alexander Hunter -- How we resisted McClellan on the Peninsula / Allan R. Magruder -- Riding around McClellan's army with Jeb Stuart / Richard E. Frayser -- The Second Battle of Manassas / Henry Kyd Douglas -- The Fifth Corps at Manassas / John S. Slater -- Incidents of the Battle of South Mountain / Henry T. Owen -- Protecting the Charleston & Savannah Railroad / Joseph B. Allston -- The Battle of Tazewell / Daniel Hundley -- The Battle of Fredericksburg / St. Clair A. Mulholland -- The rout of Rosecrans / W.A. Friend -- Regulars at Stones River / Alexander S. Johnstone -- Ironclads against Sumter / Samuel Jones -- The Battle of Chancellorsville / William T. Forbes -- Milroy at Winchester / Robert S. Northcott -- Marching in clover : from the Rappahannock to Gettysburg / Frank H. Foote -- Pickett's charge at Gettysburg / William W. Wood -- Pickett at Gettysburg / Henry T. Owen -- Cavalry raiding in 1863 / John D. Imboden -- Wheeler's raid / Isaac W. Avery -- The Battle of Missionary Ridge / I.E. Nagle -- From Chattanooga to Knoxville with James Longstreet / William M. Robbins -- The Battle of the Wilderness / Pinckney D. Bowles -- The Battle of Brice's Crossroads / John W. Morton -- The Battle of Tupelo / William S. Burns -- The Crater Battle / Thomas H. Cross -- The Battle of Trevilian Station / Noble D. Preston -- Scouts with Wade Hampton / John S. Elliott -- In Petersburg during the siege / John D. Young -- The ride around Baltimore / Bradley T. Johnson -- The Battle of Honey Hill / Charles C. Soule -- Hood's Nashville campaign / J.W.A. Wright

The Peace Commission of 1865 / Robert M.T. Hunter -- The fall of Fort Fisher / Braxton Bragg -- The fall of Richmond / Godfrey Weitzel -- The fighting about Petersburg / Theodore S. Garnett -- The death of Gen. A.P. Hill / George W. Tucker -- The fall of Charleston / C.F. Hollingsworth -- The beginning of the end / Alexander R. Boteler -- Jefferson Davis at Danville / William D. Coleman -- Defending Spanish Fort / Philip D. Stephenson.