This Civil War resource provides maps of the territories involved in the Western Hemisphere, plus it showcases several military leaders' strategic plans to advance their armies to capture the land for Union control while detailing some of the battlefields and bloodshed. The struggle was long and costly and only culminated with the conquest of the rebellious Confederacy, the preservation of the Union, and the end of slavery. These campaign pamphlets on the American Civil War, prepared in commemoration of our national sacrifices, seek to remember that war and honor those in the United States Army who died to preserve the Union and free the slaves as well as to tell the story of those American soldiers who fought for the Confederacy. Historians and individuals interested in the leadership and battles that took place in the West to gain Union power may wish to have this resource in their collection. Appropriate for students that may need background for research papers about the Civil War.

Civil War in the Western Theater 1862: Civil War In The Western Theater

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Bowery Jr., Charles R.

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Department of the Army

The contest for the Western Theater in 1862 was monu-mental in scope and importance. Containing an area of about 230,000 square miles—roughly the size of France—the Western Theater extended from the Appalachian Mountains in the east to the Mississippi River in the west, and from the Ohio River in the north to the Gulf of Mexico in the south. Seven states—Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, and western Florida—lay within its boundaries. The region was vital to the Confederacy. Not only was it rich in human and agricultural resources, but it also contained the Confederacy’s largest city (New Orleans, Louisiana), important ports (New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama), and critical industrial and railroad centers (Nashville and Chattanooga, Tennessee, and Atlanta, Georgia).

The Civil War in the Western Theater 1862: The U.S. Army Campaigns of The Civil War

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Civil War in the Western Theater 1862: Civil War In The Western Theater

The Civil War in the Western Theater 1862: The U.S. Army Campaigns of The Civil War