Civil War Battlefields: A Touring Guide [Paperback]

Here, for the first time, is a book that goes beyond providing just a brief battle history for each of the Civil War parks.Civil War Battlefieldspresents a detailed, clear narrative describing exactly what visitors can see and do in twelve important battlefield areas covering 22 campaigns and approxiamately 40 separate battles.David J. Eicher is editor ofAstronomy Magazineand the author of a comprehensive Civil War bibliography published by University of Illinois Press. He lives in Waukesha, Wisconsin Civil War Battlefields: A Touring Guide provides a detailed. accurate and modern approach to touring these national treasures. ...of all the books written about the war none provided any detailed information about what could be seen at the major sites. This book triest to remedy that oversight.