San Antonio College Library

" An updated edition of this concise yet comprehensive history of the Civil War, written by a distinguished historian of the conflict. Charles Roland skillfully interweaves the story of battles and campaigns with accounts of the major political, diplomatic, social, and cultural events of the epoch and insightful sketches of the leading actors. Of prime interest are the contrasts he draws between the opposing presidents and generals. What traits, he...

"The Civil War is usually regarded as a purely domestic struggle. The essays in The Union, the Confederacy, and the Atlantic Rim demonstrate that the conflict was an international event that affected, and was affected by, the policies of many countries." "These four prize-winning historians reconsider why the Confederacy never received the foreign aid that it counted on and trace the war's impact upon European and Latin nations and dependencies. They...

"Now for the Contest tells, the story of the Civil War at sea in the context of three campaigns: the blockade of the southern coast, the raiding of Union commerce, and the projection of power ashore." "Now for the Contest also examines how both sides mobilized and employed their resources for a war that proved to be of unprecedented intensity and duration. For both antagonists the conduct of the naval war was complicated by rapid technological change,...

A Description of the military operations of the Civil War includes analyses of the leadership and strategies of both sides of the conflict.

An alphabetical reference with entries on 872 individuals associated with the Union cause in the Civil War. The entries center on those men and women who influenced the course of public policy, opinion, and events. The list is comprehensive for political leaders (presidents, congressmen, senators, governors, cabinet officials, Supreme Court justices) and selective for others (e.g., foreign service officials, editors, photographers, abolitionists)....

Explores the history of medical treatment during the Civil War. Firsthand, day-by-day accounts drawn from letters, journals, reports and diaries, accompanied by background and historical information, bring to life the courageous struggle on both sides of the conflict to save lives in spite of unsanitary conditions and lack of supplies.

A day-by-day narrative chronology of the Civil War from the election of Lincoln through the end of the war in 1865. A section of special studies covers the facts and figures of population, casualties and the economics of the war.

This study delivers its message a hundred times: the American Civil War involved suffering. The degree of suffering overwhelmed all military glory. The exhilaration of battle dissipated under the load of fever, diarrhea, maggots, blood, dysentery, pain, pus, and putrefaction. It is the story of imperfect human beings, struggling to save lives and support their armies, fighting the enemy, fighting their superiors, and fighting against strange afflictions...

836 pictures illustrating the Civil War with a narrative that covers both military and political aspects of the war.