ARLINGTON HOUSE: the Robert E. Lee Memorial. by National Park Service.
Story of home of Civil War leader which sits on a bluff overlooking the Potomac River and Washington, D.C. and of Lee himself. How this West Point graduate (for three years its superintendent) and Army officer followed his loyalties to Virginia as it seceded from the Union to become the leader of the Confederate Army--and of the house's subsequent uses by Union forces with the Lee family's loss, regain, and eventual sale of the property, now adjacent to a national cemetery. Details the layout of the house and its grounds, slaves and slave quarters, furnishings, gardens. Associated sites are also described. Timeline of Lee's life is included. Illustrations include drawings, photographs, and maps in black-and-white and color, some historical. 48pages. National Park Service Handbook #133.
ISBN: 0-912627-23-9. 1985. Order #: USGB8814 paper$4.95.

 

CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS: their expectations and their experiences. by Reid Mitchell.
Human detail about the war from the common soldiers who fought it--from inexperienced volunteers to hardened veterans, drawn from unpublished letters and diaries. Men on both sides--Union and Confederate--shared misconceptions about their enemy. Both sides went to war to save their ways of life, convinced they fought a savage foe. Yet meeting face-to-face forced them to reexamine. 288 pages, notes, bibliography, index..
ISBN:0-671-68641-0. Order #: SISC3257 paper$9.95.

 

CIVIL WAR PARKS: the story behind the scenery. Davis.
Overview of war through capsule descriptions of 26 battle parks. 71 color photos, 64 large-format pages.
Inventory = 76.ISBN: 0-916122-95-6. 1984. Order #: KCPU0713 paper$8.95.

 

 

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