The Civil War

The Story of the War with Maps

M David Detweiler

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Stackpole
15 January 2015

History; American Civil War

The Civil War: The Story of the War with Maps combines the colorful, detailed maps of an atlas with the vivid storytelling of the best narratives to piece together the nation-spanning jigsaw puzzle of the American Civil War. See the conflict develop from a few small armies into total war engulfing the whole South. The campaigns and battles are all here, with maps zooming in on the maneuvering and attacking armies: Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, the Wilderness, Atlanta, and more. The nationwide perspective--absent from so many other books and shown here on full-page maps--connects these dots into a cohesive story of the entire war, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River, from Pennsylvania to the Gulf of Mexico. Distilling events into their essentials, the text focuses on the military history of the conflict and its cast of colorful commanders--Lee, Grant, Sherman, McClellan, and Stonewall Jackson. Captures all the war's intensity and human drama, its epic sweep from Sumter to Appomattox. The result is a unique book that educates, enlightens, and entertains.

An ideal introduction for newcomers, refresher for buffs, and companion to other books during the war's 150th anniversary and beyond

By: M David Detweiler
Imprint: Stackpole
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 7mm
Weight: 553g
ISBN: 9780811714495
ISBN 10: 0811714497
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 15 January 2015
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Civil War: The Story of the War with Maps

Any reader--or historian!--who has yearned for a simple, comprehensible, vivid map to accompany the story of a military campaign, a battle, or a mere skirmish, need now look no further than David Detweiler's useful and highly attractive compilation. It is good to have a volume that combines an understanding of military movements of the period and accessibility to modern technology to create understandable cartography of the scenes. --Harold Holzer Roger Hertog Fellow, New-York Historical Society (08/03/2014)