CIVIL WAR DICTIONARY - Hardcover

Mark Boatner

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679500138 ISBN 13: 9780679500131

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group, 1980

Synopsis

For almost thirty years The Civil War Dictionary has been the most complete, authoritative, and handy reference book on what has been called the Second American Revolution, 1861-1865. Periodically updated throughout sixteen printings, this invaluable volume has more than 4,000 entries, alphabetically arranged and carefully cross-referenced. Among them:
-- 2,000 biographical sketches of Civil War leaders. both military and civilian
-- extensive descriptions of all 20 campaigns and entries on lesser battles, engagements and skirmishes
-- 120 armies, departments, and districts, as well as such famous smaller units as the Iron Brigade, the 20th Maine, and the Pennsylvania Reserves
-- plus naval engagements, weapons, issues and incidents, military terms and definitions, politics, literature, statistics, and 86 specially prepared maps and diagrams

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0679500138
• ISBN 13: 9780679500131
• Binding: Hardcover