History of the Civil War in America (Volume I)

xvi, 640 pp. Includes fold-out map. CONTENTS: The American Army: The Volunteers of the Eighteenth Century; The Regular Army; The Army of Occupation in Mexico; The Army of Invasion in Mexico; The American Army Among the Indians. Secession: Slavery; The Confederate Volunteers; The Presidential Elections; Fort Sumter; The Federal Volunteers. The First Conflict: Rivers and Railways; Bull Run; Preparations for the Strife; The Materiel of War. The First Autumn: Lexington; Ball's Bluff; Roanoke; Hampton Roads. Notes. Maps.