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xxii, 665 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
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Original edition has subtitle: Ten weekend tours and more than 400 sites, from Antietam to Zagonyi's Charge
Part I. The war in the west -- The far west -- The Middle Mississippi Valley: from Cairo to Memphis -- The Lower Mississippi Valley: Vicksburg and the Red River Campaign -- America's heartland and the drive for Atlanta -- Part II. The war along the coasts -- The Gulf Coast -- The Atlantic Coast -- Part III. The war in the east -- The war for the capitals: Richmond -- The war for the capitals: Washington -- Confederate invasions of the north -- The Shenandoah Valley -- Part IV. The wide-ranging war -- Other Civil War sites
Features ten different multi-day itineraries that lead visitors through every major campaign site, as well as lesser-known venues in unlikely places such as Vermont and New Mexico