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    The Civil War Centennial Handbook
    The Civil War Centennial Handbook
    The Civil War Centennial Handbook
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    The Civil War Centennial Handbook

    By William H. Price

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      The Civil War Centennial Handbook - William H. Price

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      Title: The Civil War Centennial Handbook

      Author: William H. Price

      Release Date: October 13, 2011 [EBook #37740]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL HANDBOOK ***

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      THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL HANDBOOK

      FIRST EDITION

      by William H. Price

      A Civil War Research Associate Series

      THE

      CIVIL WAR

      CENTENNIAL HANDBOOK

      by William H. Price

      1861-1865            1961-1965

      Published by

      Prince Lithograph Co., Inc.

      4019 5th Rd. N., Arlington, Virginia

      Copyright 1961

      Printed in U. S. A.

      The Civil War

      Here brothers fought for their principles

      Here heroes died to save their country

      And a united people will forever cherish

      the precious legacy of their noble manhood.

      —PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT AT VICKSBURG

      The Civil War, which began in the 1830's as a cold war and moved toward the inevitable conflict somewhere between 1850 and 1860, was one of America's greatest emotional experiences. When the war finally broke in 1861, beliefs and political ideals had become so firm that they transcended family ties and bonds of friendship—brother was cast against brother. The story of this supreme test of our Nation, though one of tragedy, is also one of triumph, for it united a nation that had been divided for over a quarter century.

      Holding a place in history midway between the Revolutionary War of the 18th century and the First World War of the 20th, the American Civil War had far-reaching effects: by the many innovations and developments it stimulated, it became the forerunner of modern warfare; by the demands it made on technology and production, it hastened the industrial revolution in America. This conflict also provided the ferment from which great personalities arise. Qualities of true greatness were revealed in men like William Tecumseh Sherman, the most brilliant strategist of modern times; Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the greatest of natural born leaders; Robert E. Lee, one of the supremely gifted men produced by our Nation; and Abraham Lincoln, who, like the other great men of that era, would be minor characters in our history had they not been called upon in this time of crisis. And emerging from such trying times were seven future Presidents of the United States, all officers of the Union Army.

      But the story of this sectional struggle is not only one of great leaders and events. It is the story of 18,000 men in Gen. Sedgwick's Corps who formed a marching column that stretched over ten miles of road, and in that hot month of July 1863, the story of how they marched steadily for eighteen hours, stopping only once to rest, until they reached Gettysburg where the crucial battle was raging. It is the story of more than two hundred young VMI Cadets, who without hesitation left their classrooms to fight alongside hardened veterans at the battle of New Market in 1864. Or it is the story of two brothers who followed different flags and then met under such tragic circumstances on the field of

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