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The How and Why Wonder Book of the Civil War
The How and Why Wonder Book of the Civil War Author:Earl Schenck Miers "In an exciting way this book tells the how of the war as soldiers and generals engage in battle after battle in the North and in the South of our struggling young Nation. In a warmly sympathetic mood, it also tells the why of the war, showing the way differences in beliefs, values and economic necessities led to conflict. — The personal and mil... more »itary strengths and weaknesses of Union and Confederate leaders are forthrightly portrayed as they have a bearing on the outcome of the war. You feel again the greatness of Lee and Lincoln. You sense the determination of McClellan, Grant, Stonewall Jackson and others. You feel human power at work as the war ebbs and flows and finally ends."« less