Battlefields of the Civil WarAuthor and historian Jim Muffin tells the action-packed story of the Civil War in masterly narrative, accompanied by over 130 photographs, diagrams and illustrations by contemporary photographers and artists. The tactics, strategy, victories, and defeats of the war come alive through the words of those who were there - from the explorations of the generals to the first hand accounts of the last soldiers. |
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