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"From the opening salvos at Fort Sumter to the final surrender at the Appomattox Courthouse, Walter Geer's classic work provides a penetrating study of the military course of the Civil War from the vantage points of both sides of the conflict. With careful attention to topography, fortifications, and disposition of forces and the character of the fighting men and their commanders, he identifies the key features of each battle that were to determine...
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Some historians argue that the Civil War, with its use of rifled muskets and artillery, was the first great "modern" war; others argue that it was a sideshow of amateur generals and citizen soldiers whose tactics yielded few innovations or lasting lessons. Acclaimed military historian Brent Nosworthy takes on this great controversy and, for the first time in any book, covers the methods of Civil War warfare in their entirety.
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