Lincolns 90-Day Volunteers 1861
Lincolns 90-Day Volunteers 1861
Résumé
Featuring specially commissioned full-color artwork, the engaging story of the first wave of soldiers who volunteered to defend and preserve the Union in 1861, based on detailed research in US sources.
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Lincolns 90-Day Volunteers 1861 by Ron Field
On April 15th 1861, the day after the fall of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers to enlist for three months' service to defend the Union. This title describes and illustrates the actual appearance of this diverse and colorful force, including photographs, eyewitness accounts in period newspapers and letters.Ron Field was Head of History at the Cotswold School in Bourton-on-the-Water, until his retirement in 2007. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he is an internationally acknowledged expert on US military history, and was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based in Washington, DC, in 2005.
Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks, Roman battle tactics, and several 19th-century American subjects.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781780969183 |
| ISBN 10 | 178096918X |
| Titre | Lincolns 90-Day Volunteers 1861 |
| Auteur | Ron Field |
| Série | Men-At-Arms |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Osprey Publishing |
| Année de publication | 2013-07-23 |
| Nombre de pages | 48 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |