Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West (Civil War America) - Softcover

Book 52 of 164: Civil War America

Hess, Earl J.

 
9780807820421: Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West (Civil War America)

Synopsis

The first definitive study of a Civil War battle in the Trans-Mississippi shows how the battle of Pea Ridge in northwestern Arkansas dramatically altered the balance of power and helped ensure the Union triumph sealed in Appomattox.

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Review

YAssured of a place among the best of all studies that have been published on Civil War campaigns."American Historical Review" A model campaign history that merits recognition as a major contribution to the literature on Civil War military operations."Journal of Military History" [A]ssured of a place among the best of all studies that have been published on Civil War campaigns."American Historical Review" A thoroughly researched and well-told account of an important but often neglected Civil War encounter."Kirkus Reviews" "Pea Ridge" is destined to become a Civil War classic and a model for writing military history."Civil War History" Shines welcome light on the war's largest battle west of the Mississippi."USA Today"

About the Author

William L. Shea, professor of history at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, is author of The Virginia Militia in the Seventeenth Century. Earl J. Hess is Stewart W. McClelland Chair in history at Lincoln Memorial University. He is author of several books, including Lee's Tar Heels: The Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade and Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg.

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9780807846698: Pea Ridge: Civil War Campaign in the West (Civil War America)

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ISBN 10:  0807846694 ISBN 13:  9780807846698
Publisher: University North Carolina Pr, 1997
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