ebooks Birney's Zouaves Civil War by William J. Wray in History

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This is the first Civil War atlas to depict multiple aspects of the war's action; month by month; from April 1861 through May 1865. Fifty full-color maps―one for each month of the war―convey as never before a sense of the war's progression on all fronts: battles; sieges; infantry campaigns; naval operations; cavalry raids; and even shifts of national frontiers. One set of additional maps provides background into the political state of the nation as it headed into the war; another set covers the war as it was fought in the western reaches of the country. The text on facing pages supports each map with extra facts and figures; while the atlas's big 14 x 10 format allows for exceptional line clarity; color; and detail.Features:Fifty maps show the events; including relatively small engagements; that took place in the successive months of the war.Thirteen additional maps focus on the Far West theater.Six maps; beginning with November 1860; detail the political situation in the months leading up to the war's outbreak. They show such information as free and slave states; secessionist sentiment; and the results of the 1860 census and the presidential election of the same year.Events of each month; including such details as dates; place-names; commanders; and statistics on troop strength and casualties; are summarized in the text facing each map.Confederate and Union positions; as well as towns that were occupied; raided; or burned; are clearly marked.