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Many commanders in the American Civil War (1861-1865) served in the Mexican War (1846-1848). This book explores influence of the earlier war on those men who wo
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-01-08 - Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

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The largest offensive of the Civil War, involving army, navy, and marine forces, the Peninsula Campaign has inspired many history books. No previous work, howev
Attack and Die
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Authors: Grady McWhiney
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Why did the Confederacy lose so many men? The authors contend that the Confederates bled themselves nearly to death in the first three years of the war by makin
The Port Royal Experiment
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The Port Royal Experiment builds on classic scholarship to present not a historical narrative but a study of what is now called development and nation-building.
Manifest Ambition
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Authors: John C. Pinheiro
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This is not another chronological retelling of the Mexican War. Instead, it examines civil-military clashes during the war in light of Jacksonian politics and t