Gallagher, Gary W.

Summary: Details the effect of the war on all Americans. You'll learn how armies were recruited, equipped, and trained. You'll learn about the hard lot of prisoners. You'll hear how soldiers on both sides dealt with the rigors of camp life, campaigns, and the terror of combat. You'll understand how slaves and their falling masters responded to the advancing war. And you will see the desperate price paid...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000

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4 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 1
Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 2
Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 3
Call number: CD 973.7 GAL PART 4

Gallagher, Gary W.

Summary: If one is to believe contemporary historians, the South never had a chance. Many allege that the Confederacy lost the Civil War because of internal division or civilian disaffection; others point to flawed military strategy or ambivalence over slavery. But, argues distinguished historian Gary Gallagher, we should not ask why the Confederacy collapsed so soon but rather how it lasted so long. In...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.713 GAL

Catton, Bruce

Summary: An analysis of the Civil War focuses on Generals McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, and Grant, and discusses the final defeat of General Robert E. Lee.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.7 CAT

Alexander, Edward Porter

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: University of North Carolina Press 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.73 ALE

Summary: Chronicles the history of the United States from colonial origins to the beginning of the 21st century. Lectures presented by Allen C. Guelzo, Eastern University; Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia; Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003

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3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 HIS
Call number: DVD 973 HIS VOL. 1
Call number: DVD 973 HIS VOL. 2