The New Civil War Handbook : Facts and Photos for Readers of All Ages.

Intro -- Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Publisher's Preface -- SECTION I: FACTS -- Naming the War -- Civil War Voices -- Did You Know? Interesting Facts About the Civil War -- Civil War Veterans Better Known for Other Achievements -- Organization of the Armies -- SECTION 2: IMAGES OF WAR -- Civil War Begins -- Generals -- Soldiers -- A Soldier's Life -- Battles and Battlefields -- Technology and the War -- Weapons of War -- War on the Water -- Caring for the Sick, Wounded, and Dead -- Prisoners of War -- Civilians Caught up in the War -- Women and the War -- African Americans and the War -- The Civil War and Native Americans -- The War Ends -- Reconstruction -- SECTION III: FIGURES -- Numbers and Losse -- Strength of the Union Army -- Losses in Major Battles -- Number of Engagements Fought in Each State and Territory During the Civil War -- Alternate Names of Battles -- Troops Furnished by the Various States and Territories to the Union Army -- Causes of Battle Wounds -- Major Causes of Death -- Principal Union Prisons -- Principal Confederate Prisons -- SECTION IV: MISCELLANY -- African Americans in the Civil War -- Native Americans in the Civil War -- Glossary of Civil War Terms -- Civil War Points of Interest -- Civil War Bookshelf -- Civil War on the Web.

The New Civil War Handbook: Facts and Photos from America's Greatest Conflict is a complete up-to-date guide for American Civil War enthusiasts of all ages. Author Mark Hughes uses clear and concise writing, tables, charts, and more than 100 photographs to trace the history of the war from the beginning of the conflict through Reconstruction.Coverage includes battles and campaigns, the common soldier, technology, weapons, women and minorities at war, hospitals, prisons, generals, the naval war, artillery, and much more. In addition to these important areas, Hughes includes a fascinating section about the Civil War online, including popular blog sites and other Internet resources. Reference material in The New Civil War Handbook includes losses in battles, alternate names for battles, major causes of death of Union soldiers (no data exists for Confederates), deaths in POW camps, and other valuable but hard to locate information.Civil War buffs will find The New Civil War Handbook to be an invaluable quick reference guide, and one that makes an excellent gift for both the Civil War novice and the Civil War buff.About the Author: Mark Hughes is an electronics instructor widely recognized as the authority on Civil War cemeteries. He has written several books, including Bivouac of the Dead, The Unpublished Roll of Honor, and Confederate Cemeteries (2 vols.). An electronics instructor at Cleveland Community College, Mark, his wife Patty, and their daughter Anna Grace live on the family farm near Kings Mountain, NC.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.