Timelines provide detailed, play-by-play maneuvers, and the accompanying text highlights the strategic aims and tactical considerations of the men in charge. Each battle is meticulously plotted on one of 200 specially commissioned full-color maps. McPherson and written by Americas leading military historians, this peerless reference charts the major campaigns and skirmishes of the Civil War. Edited by Pulitzer Prize recipient James M. Listed on Modern Library's 100 great nonfiction books of the twentieth century.About the Book With more than two hundred photographs and countless personal accounts that vividly describe the experiences of soldiers in the fields,+ The Atlas of the Civil War brings to life the human drama that pitted state against state and brother against brother.-From back cove Book Synopsis From the first shots fired at Fort Sumter in 1861 to the final clashes on the Road to Appomattox in 1864, The Atlas of the Civil War reconstructs the battles of Americas bloodiest war with unparalleled clarity and precision. The standard one-volume history of the Civil War. This 'new birth of freedom,' as Lincoln called it, constitutes the proudest legacy of America's bloodiest conflict. Eventually, the North had to grapple with the underlying cause of the war, slavery, and adopt a policy of emancipation as a second war aim. The South seceded in the name of that freedom of self-determination and self-government for which their fathers had fought in 1776, while the North stood fast in defense of the Union founded by those fathers as the bulwark of American liberty. The book's title 'Battle Cry of Freedom' refers to the sentiments that informed both the Northern and Southern views of the conflict. Signed by the author in each volume on the half-title page as follows, “We are all Americans James McPherson.” In fine condition. Octavo, 2 volumes, bound in full leather, gilt titles and tooling to the spine, front and rear panels, raised bands, all edges gilt, ribbon bound in to each volume.

$2,000.00 Item Number: 138912įirst Easton Press edition of the author’s Pulitzer Prize-winning work. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era.

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