Big book of Civil War sites   from Fort Sumter to Appomattox, a visitor's guide to the history, personalities, and places of America's battlefields  
 Civil War sites  The big book of Civil War sites  
introduction by James C. Bradford. 
 - New and updated edition. 
 - Essex, Connecticut  Lyons Press  2023 
 - vii, 422 pages   illustrations (some color), color maps ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>War in the North. Sharpsburg/Monocacy: jump off to the North ; Harpers Ferry/Winchester: into the valley ; New Market/Staunton: the central valley ; Harrisburg/Gettysburg: high tide ; First and second Manassas: blooded plains ; Baltimore: powder keg ; Washington, D.C.: the capital ; Northeastern Virginia: borderland ; Fredericksburg/Spotsylvania: before Richmond ; The peninsula: on to Richmond! ; Richmond: Confederate capital ; Petersburg: siege warfare ; Appomattox: the end -- War in the South. North Carolina: Outer Banks to the last great battle ; South Carolina: first to fight ; Nashville and Franklin: destruction of the Confederate Armies in Tennessee ; Chattanooga: the battle above the clouds ; Shiloh: the bloodiest days of 1862 ; Other Tennessee battlefields ; Chickamauga: the rock and the angel of death ; Dalton to Jonesboro: the Atlanta campaign ; Atlanta to Savannah: the march to the sea ; Andersonville: the worst place on earth ; Mobile Bay: damn the torpedoes ; Other Alabama and Mississippi battlefields ; Vicksburg: sealing the Confederacy's fate ; New Orleans and Port Hudson: the river war ; Florida: more troops than voters. 
<br/><br/> The Big Book of Civil War Sites is the consummate travel reference for America's Civil War battlefields. Whether exploring the Southern states or the Eastern theater, history-focused travelers and Civil War buffs finally have ready access to in-depth and thorough listings of all major sites, including historical background information, travel options, museums, and events. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781493072026 1493072021 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1861-1865  <br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Battlefields--United States--Guidebooks.<br/>Historic sites--United States--Guidebooks.<br/>Battlefields<br/>Historic sites<br/>Military campaigns
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Battlefields--Civil War, 1861-1865--Guidebooks.<br/>United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865<br/>United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label>
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E641  / .B54 2023 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7 Big   15