← Table of contents
The Civil War Centennial Handbook

Front matter

Reading edition

FIRST EDITION

by William H. Price

A Civil War Research Associate Series

Page

THE CIVIL WAR2

FACTS

The First Modern War5

Brother Against Brother6

They Also Served9

The Soldier, The Battle, The Losses11

The Cost of War15

Numbers and Losses17

PICTURES

The American soldier of the 1860's20

Camp life23

Passing time between campaigns25

Religion and the soldier27

Correspondents at the front28

Ships of the line30

Transportation and supplies41

Tools of modern warfare45

Field fortifications and entrenchments49

Communications51

Aerial reconnaissance52

Spies and secret agents53

The battle's overture54

Appalling aftermath56

Marks of total war62

After four years—Appomattox64

Last review of the Union Army65

A Nation re-united66

UNIFORMS

Union regulation uniforms33

Union regimental uniforms36

Confederate regimental uniforms37

Confederate regulation uniforms38

DATES AND PLACES

Chronology of battles67

Map of the major battlefields70

RECOMMENDED READING72

THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL HANDBOOK

by William H. Price

1861-1865 1961-1965

Union and Confederate Soldier on either side of cannon
Union and Confederate Soldier on either side of cannon
Illustration from The Civil War Centennial Handbook

Published by Prince Lithograph Co., Inc. 4019 5th Rd. N., Arlington, Virginia Copyright 1961 Printed in U. S. A.

Explore with AITake your curiosity a little further.

Reading settings