Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War: The Eastern Campaigns, 1861-1864 (Civil War America) - Softcover

Hess, Earl J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469609932 ISBN 13: 9781469609935

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013

Synopsis

Earl J. Hess provides a narrative history of the use of fortifications--particularly trenches and other semi-permanent earthworks--used by Confederate and Union field armies at all major battle sites in the eastern theater of the Civil War. Hess moves beyond the technical aspects of construction to demonstrate the crucial role these earthworks played in the success or failure of field armies. A comprehensive study which draws on research and fieldwork from 300 battle sites, Field Armies and Fortifications in the Civil War is an indispensable reference for Civil War buffs and historians.

About this title

Book Description:

"One of the most significant historiographical debates among currently practicing Civil War military historians. . . . A valuable contribution."-- The North Carolina Historical Review

About the Author:

Earl J. Hess is Stewart W. McClelland Chair in history at Lincoln Memorial University. He is author of many books on the Civil War, including, most recently, The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1469609932
• ISBN 13: 9781469609935
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448