The Davis
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Reprint of the 1975 Doubleday original. One of the best Civil War historians recounts a battle in which a hastily assembled and outnumbered Confederate force, including youngsters from the Virginia Military Institution, defeated a superior Yankee army. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland,
Vivid narrative tells the story of the courageous First Kentucky Brigade.
On March 9, 1862, an epic naval encounter in Hampton Roads, Virginia, changed the face Of warfare on the water for all time, The Monitor met the Virginia (Merrimack) and their story entered the realm of history and legend.
The first major history ever written on the first battle of the Civil War, this narrative describes the chaotic fighting by courageous amateurs that nearly resulted in Confederate independence.