Civil War Q&A

Lloyd W. Klein is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. He is a cardiologist who has made numerous contributions to the field of cardiology in the past 35 years. He is also a historian who has published extensively on the Civil War, with a particular interest in political and military leadership and their economic ramifications. Eric J. Wittenberg is the author of 22 books on the Civil War and is a member of the boards of directors of the Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and Little Big Horn Associates and also serves as the program coordinator for the Chambersburg Civil War Seminars and Tours. He is an attorney in private practice in Columbus, Ohio.

Table of Contents


Preface

SectionTopicPagesIPrologue to the Civil WarChallenges

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 17IIPolitical PersonalitiesChallenges

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 47IIILincoln’s Speeches and QuotationsChallenges

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 60IVEconomic Issues of the WarChallenges

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 72VMilitary PersonalitiesChallenges

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 97VI1861 Battles and CampaignsChallenges

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119VII1862 Battles and CampaignsChallenges

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140VIII1863 Battles and Campaigns

(Except Gettysburg)Challenges

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166IXGettysburgChallenges

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196X1864 Battles and CampaignsChallenges

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235XISpies and Secret OrganizationsChallenges

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260XIICivil War MedicineChallenges

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282XIII1865—The End of the War and the

Lincoln AssassinationChallenges

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Essential Reading

Index