Picture the Past(tm) the Civil War

Picture the Past(tm) the Civil War Synopsis

All the drama of the American Civil War comes vividly to life in these ready-to-color scenes of key moments in that epic conflict. Panoramic views of land and sea battles, revealing vignettes that dramatize social and political issues, are included, as are detailed close-ups of uniforms, equipment, and locale. Forty-five realistically rendered illustrations depict the raid on Harpers Ferry, the bombardment of Fort Sumter, a naval battle between the ironclad ships the Monitor and the Merrimac, the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Battle of Gettysburg, General Lee's surrender to General Grant at Appomattox, the assassination of President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, and much more.

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