(Ebook) Confederate Soldier of the American Civil War: A Visual Reference by Denis Hambucken & Matthew Payson ISBN 9780881509779, 0881509779

(Ebook) Confederate Soldier of the American Civil War: A Visual Reference by Denis Hambucken & Matthew Payson ISBN 9780881509779, 0881509779

This book provides a glimpse at the lives, weapons, and equipment of these soldiers through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductions.As 1862 dawned, the Civil War, the conflict that had started the year before and that most Americans thought would last only a few months, showed no signs of ending. Hundreds of thousands of men across the divided nation enlisted in state volunteer regiments that poured into the sprawling military camps around Washington, DC, Richmond, Virginia, and other strategic locations. Within a year, thousands of these courageous men had lost their lives on bloody battlefields or died in disease-ridden encampments. This book provides a glimpse at the lives, weapons, and equipment of these soldiers through a collection of artifacts and exacting reproductions. While other books examine the War Between the States from a political, tactical, or military perspective, these books focus on the day-to-day life and the human experience of the men...