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100 1 $aHansen, Harry,$d1884-1977.
245 14$aThe Civil War :$ba history /$cHarry Hansen ; with a new introduction by John Jakes ; and a foreword by Dr. Gary Gallagher.
260 $aNew York :$bNew American Library,$c[2010]
300 $axxi, 664 p. :$bmaps ;$c17 cm.
490 1 $aSignet classic
500 $aOriginally published in 1961.
500 $aIncludes index.
505 0 $aThe historic backgrounds of the issues of secession and slavery -- The political crises: from the Dred Scott decision to secession -- The fall of Fort Sumter, April 14, 1861 -- The issues in Washington and Richmond in 1861 -- Robert E. Leeand the offer of the United States command -- The First Battle of Bull Run, or Manassas -- Mason and Slidell: Confederate diplomacy abroad -- Du Pont's squadron at Port Royal -- The Battle for Missouri -- the capture of Fort Henry and FortDonelson -- The Battle of Shiloh -- The Monitor and the Merrimack -- Capture of the Mississippi River Forts and New Orleans -- George McClelland and the army of the Potomac -- General Pope and Second Bull Run (Manassas) -- McClelland hlatsLee at Antietam -- Jeb Stuart's Chambersburg raid -- The road to emancipation -- Burnside and the Battle of Fredericksburg -- Chancellorsville.
505 0 $aThe Vicksburg campaign -- The Gettysburg campaign -- Two minutes to Immortality -- The national election of 1864 -- General Sherman's campaign in Georgia -- Battles in the West: Chickamauga and Missionary Ridge -- The great locomotive chase -- The raids of Morgan, Dahlgren, and Quantrill -- Farragut is lashed to the rigging at Mobile Bay -- Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama -- Wilderness and Spotsylvania -- From Spotsylvania to Cold Harbor -- Early threatens Washington-- Fighting in the Shenandoah Valley -- Thomas Versus Hood in Tennessee -- Cushing destroys the Albemarle -- Negro troops in the Union Army -- Sherman's march to the sea -- Beauregard and Butler at Drewry's -- Grant moves south of the James -- The Red River expedition of Banks and Porter -- The bombardment and capture of Fort Fisher -- The long road to Appomattox -- The last days of Abraham Lincoln.
651 0$aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
700 1 $aJakes, John,$d1932-2023.
700 1 $aGallagher, Gary W.
830 0$aSignet classic.