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Summary: Richly illustrated volume on the Civil War solider
Review: "The Fighting Men of the Civil War" is one of the "Rebels and Yankees" trilogy put together by William C. Davis and Technical Advisor Russ Pritchard. As with all of these volumes, the text is okay but it is the illustrations that make this book a necessary part of any Civil War collection. There are dozens of historical photographs, most of which you have probably never seen before, along with color artwork by Jeff Burn that illustrate the difference between the uniform of a private in the Washington Light Infantry and the 56th US Colored Infantry, or an Army of the Tennessee "Bummer." But the real gems in this book are the contemporary photographs of artifacts and collections that make looking through this book like touring a museum. There are displays of Confederate Prisoner of War handicrafts, Union cavalry carbines, Southern banknotes and Union Musical equipment. In this book you will find pictures of things you have read about from the Civil War but never seen. These books are extremely useful for anyone writing about the war as either history or fiction and trying to get the details right.
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Summary: Richly illustrated volume on the Civil War solider
Review: "The Fighting Men of the Civil War" is one of the "Rebels and Yankees" trilogy put together by William C. Davis and Technical Advisor Russ Pritchard. As with all of these volumes, the text is okay but it is the illustrations that make this book a necessary part of any Civil War collection. There are dozens of historical photographs, most of which you have probably never seen before, along with color artwork by Jeff Burn that illustrate the difference between the uniform of a private in the Washington Light Infantry and the 56th US Colored Infantry, or an Army of the Tennessee "Bummer." But the real gems in this book are the contemporary photographs of artifacts and collections that make looking through this book like touring a museum. There are displays of Confederate Prisoner of War handicrafts, Union cavalry carbines, Southern banknotes and Union Musical equipment. In this book you will find pictures of things you have read about from the Civil War but never seen. These books are extremely useful for anyone writing about the war as either history or fiction and trying to get the details right.
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Summary: essential reading for military history enthusiasts everywher
Review: An unrivalled source of information on the uniforms, insignia and appearance of the civil war fighting men. the Fighting Men of the Civil War covers subjects as diverse as the drill movements, the life at sea,Zouaves,Black troops,weaponry and many more. Each page is fully illustrated,includes more that 100 photographs and diagrams, as well as alot of pages of full colour artwork that provide the precise level of detail demanded by the enthusiast or any historians. Hundreds of photos of real items use in the civil war make this book one of the most enduring and popular military publications ever produced. Willian C Davis, has produce accessible reference resource for military history enthusiasts of all This book should be One of the handiest one-volume sources of information ever assembled: serious, and surprisingly hard to find, information on the nation and its people is interspersed with the many colorful characters and incidents so often associated with this dramatic conflict. Key interests and user groups;Artists and illustrators, Collectors, Costumiers, Historians, Historical societies and interest groups, Modellers, Re-enactors, Restorers, Special interest groups, Wargamers, Schools, Educational Establishments.
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Summary: essential reading for military history enthusiasts everywher
Review: An unrivalled source of information on the uniforms, insignia and appearance of the civil war fighting men. the Fighting Men of the Civil War covers subjects as diverse as the drill movements, the life at sea,Zouaves,Black troops,weaponry and many more. Each page is fully illustrated,includes more that 100 photographs and diagrams, as well as alot of pages of full colour artwork that provide the precise level of detail demanded by the enthusiast or any historians. Hundreds of photos of real items use in the civil war make this book one of the most enduring and popular military publications ever produced. Willian C Davis, has produce accessible reference resource for military history enthusiasts of all This book should be One of the handiest one-volume sources of information ever assembled: serious, and surprisingly hard to find, information on the nation and its people is interspersed with the many colorful characters and incidents so often associated with this dramatic conflict. Key interests and user groups;Artists and illustrators, Collectors, Costumiers, Historians, Historical societies and interest groups, Modellers, Re-enactors, Restorers, Special interest groups, Wargamers, Schools, Educational Establishments.
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