Item details: A worse place than hell : how the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg changed a nation - 48319314

A worse place than hell : how the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg changed a nation

text A worse place than hell : how the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg changed a nation

Summary: "Pulitzer Prize-winning author John Matteson illuminates three harrowing months of the Civil War and their ineradicable legacy for America. In December 1862, the Battle of Fredericksburg shattered Union forces and threatened to break apart Abraham... Read more

Contents: The poet's son -- The blond artillerist -- Burnside's bridge and a Broadway bar -- An army in crisis -- A man of God -- "The most beautiful girl runner" -- "Beauty" and "Sallie" -- "Believe me, we shall never lick 'em" -- Caroline Street -- Pelham... Read more

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Description: xvii, 510 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm cm

Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company 2021

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Woodmere (Main Branch)	973.7 MAT in Adult Non-fiction	Available

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Jr Holmes, Oliver Wendell 1841-1935 Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 Pelham, John 1838-1863 Fuller, Arthur B. (Arthur Buckminster) 1822-1862 Fredericksburg, Battle of, Fredericksburg, Va., 1862 Social aspects United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Influence HISTORY / United States / General Alcott, Louisa May 1832-1888 Fuller, Arthur B. (Arthur Buckminster) 1822-1862 Jr Holmes, Oliver Wendell 1841-1935 Pelham, John 1838-1863 Whitman, Walt 1819-1892 Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Social aspects United States Virginia Fredericksburg

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