The Blue and the Gray: The Story of the Civil War as Told by Participants [2-volume set] (1950)

by Henry Steele Commager

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One of the most unique and comprehensive sourcebooks on the Civil War. Moving accounts cover every campaign and battle on land and sea and tell a sequential story, of the war Includes letters, journals, diaries, memoirs, official records, state papers, and more. and-white illustrations throughout.

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This is an anthology of writing about the war. Both sides have their say, and there is a collection of the lyrics of the popular songs of the day. a very useful work for the serious student as Steele was a very thoughtful editor. (

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One of the best I have read on the Civil War. (

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American Civil War (1861 | 1865)

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One of the most unique and comprehensive sourcebooks on the Civil War. Moving accounts cover every campaign and battle on land and sea and tell a sequential story, of the war Includes letters, journals, diaries, memoirs, official records, state papers, and more. and-white illustrations throughout.

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