The Western theater of the Civil War, rich in agricultural resources and manpower and home to a large number of slaves, stretched 600 miles north to south and 450 miles east to west …
Finalist for the 2011 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize" A seminal work.... One of the best examples of new, sophisticated scholarship on the social history of Civil War soldiers."—The …
A testament to the valor and determination of a common soldier On September 17, 1861, twenty-two-year-old Jacob Haas enlisted in the Sheboygan Tigers, a company of German …
Provides a complete history of the Civil War battles fought in the 450-mile stretch of land from the Appalachians to the Mississippi, including the toll irregular warfare took on soldiers …