Kevin M Levin: 3 books
Upon the Fields of Battle
Essays on the Military History of America's Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2018
New developments in Civil War scholarship owe much to removal of artificial divides by historians seeking to explore the connections between the home front and the battlefield. Indeed, scholars taking a holistic view of the war have contributed to our understanding of the social complexities of emancipation—of...
Remembering The Battle of the Crater
War as Murder
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
The battle of the Crater is known as one of the Civil War's bloodiest struggles -- a Union loss with combined casualties of 5,000, many of whom were members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT) under Union Brigadier General Edward Ferrero. The battle was a violent clash of forces as Confederate...
by Chris M. Calkins, Ginette Aley, Jaime Amanda Martinez
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
By January 1865, most of Virginia's schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state's territory to the Union army, Virginia's Confederate soldiers began to desert...