LETHAL GLORY - Dramatic Defeats of the Civil War

Katcher, Philip

ISBN 10: 1854093789 / ISBN 13: 9781854093783

Published by Arms and Armour Press, London, 1997

About this Item

224 pp. Trade paperback format. Light edge and corner wear with some creasing at the front hinge and a crease on the spine; no interior markings. Illustrated with black and white plates and maps. The Contents are: Introduction; The Surrender of Fort Sumter; The Battle of Ball's Bluff; The Defence of Fort Henry, Tennessee; The Loss of Fort Donelson; The Campaign in New Mexico; The Assault on Fredericksburg; Pickett's Charge; The Assaults on Battery Wagner; The Capture of the USS Satellite and USS Reliance; The Siege of Plymouth, North Carolina; The Defence of Fort Pillow; The Battle of the Crater; The Raid on Centralia, Missouri; The Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia; and The Battle for Fort Stedman; followed by an index. Size: 8vo.

Seller Inventory # 226951

Bibliographic Details

• Title: LETHAL GLORY - Dramatic Defeats of the Civil War
• Publisher: Arms and Armour Press, London
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1854093789
• ISBN 13: 9781854093783
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: First Printing - First Thus.
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • History - United States
  • History - Military

About this title

Synopsis

This text recreates 15 major defeats suffered during the American Civil War in a narrative which is intended to be of interest to the general reader whilst retaining accuracy and validity for historians.

About the Author

Philip Katcher has made a lifelong study of the American Civil War, and written widely on the subject. He has the great narrative skill of the popular historian.