Battle Maps of the Civil War - Hardcover

Holmquest, Harold J.

9781881325468: Battle Maps of the Civil War

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1881325466 ISBN 13: 9781881325468

Publisher: Yucca Tree Pr, 2000

A quick reference to 131 battles and engagements between Union and Confederate troops. After 10 maps show the whole theater of war at different times, the arrangement is generally chronological. The line maps, with numbers and arrows, are explained in extensive captions. The index encompasses locations, battles, engagements, sieges, combats, and commanders. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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About the Author:

Harold Holmquest is a retired petroleum geologist who became interested in the Civil War while working in Jackson, Mississippi. There he visited the Vicksburg, Shiloh, Chattanooga, and Chickamauga battlefields. At Vicksburg he found his great-great-uncle's name on one of the plaques in the Illinois monument. This relative had joined the Union Army in Chicago. As a geologist, maps have always been an interest, so to better understand the progress of the war, he developed a month-by-month atlas to document the war's progression during the four years. The present work evolved from this career interest in maps and the newly acquired passion for the Civil War.

Holmquest is active in the Houston, Texas Civil War Roundtable.

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