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Subject: ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CIVIL WAR
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 21:25:58 EST

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE CIVIL WAR, The Civil War Society. The Complete and
Comprehensive Guide to the American Civil War. A massive coffee-table size
book, like new condition, dustjacket, 417 oversize pages (8 3/4"x 11 1/2"),
Presents more than 250 alphabetical entries, woven into the accounts of
famous heroes and military clashes, stories of African-Americans, Native
Americans, women, people of many different ethnic groups. Information on
family life during the conflict and the many difficulties civilians endured
on the home front, from the psychological effects of losing a loved one to
the scarcity of supplies caused by the Union blockade of Southern ports.
Battles, officers, politicians, Jewish-American Judah Philip Benjamin, a
member of Jefferson Davis's cabinet & many others. Includes archival and
rare photographs on nearly every page. $45 + $5.50 p/h

FORTS AND ARTILLERY, THE PHOTOGRAPHIC HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR, in 10
volumes. This is Part V. (c)1957 by Thomas Yoseloff, Francis Trevelyan
Miller, Editor in Chief. First published 1911. Soldiers on both sides of the
Civil War found themselves fighting a war more highly mechanized than any
previous conflict, yet they had no effective technique for acquiring,
transporting, and using artillery. Maps, Photos, a large, heavy book, 7
3/4"x 11". Dustjacket has some wear. $20 postpaid.

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