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Discovering the Civil War
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- Summary
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Features photographs of pieces from the National Archives' Civil War collection, and presents commentaries about some of the issues and stories behind the war.
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- Creator
- by the National Archives Experience's "Discovering the Civil War" Exhibition Team with a message from David S. Ferriero, Archivist of the United States ; foreword by Ken Burns
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Washington DC : Foundation for the National Archives ; London : D. Giles Ltd. , 2010
- Physical Details
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- 208 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781904832911, 1904832911, 9780984103324, 0984103325
- OCLC
- ocn648480758
- "This book is based on the exhibition "Discovering the Civil War," presented at the National Archives' Lawrence F. O'Brien Gallery in Washington, DC, in two parts: "Beginnings," from April 30, 2010, to September 6, 2010, and "Consequences," from November 10, 2010, to April 17, 2011."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Introduction -- Breaking apart -- Raising armies -- Finding leaders -- We were there -- A local fight -- A global war -- Spies and conspiracies -- Invention and enterprise -- Prisoners and casualties -- Emancipations -- Endings and beginnings -- Remembering