The American Civil War (1): The War in the East, 1861 - May 1863

"The United States saw long-simmering sectional tensions erupt into fighting at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, in April 1861, beginning what would become the most cataclysmic military struggle in the western world between Waterloo and the First World War. This volume focuses on events in the Virginia theater during the conflict's first two years, highlighting Union and Confederate strengths and weaknesses, leadership and strategy on each side, and the ways in which events on the battlefield influenced politics, diplomacy, and debates about emancipation. Osprey Essential Histories are complete yet concise studies of each major conflict in history. "--Bloomsbury Publishing. This is the first volume in a four-book series telling the bloody story of a war that divided a nation. It traces the famous Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign, and follows Confederate fortunes to one of the high points of the war following the battle of Fredericksburg. Krigshistorie. Amerikanske Borgerkrig 1861 - 1865. Beskeivelse af borgerkrigen i Nordamerika (USA) med vægten lagt på begivenhederne i den østlige del fra 1861 - maj 1863 Sectional tensions simmered and periodically erupted into violent controversy in the United States during the four decades preceding the outbreak of war in April 1861.