American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873 (Alan Taylor - WH) porcelain Wade Hampton’s emergence as the

Wade Hampton’s emergence as the new commander of the Army of Northern Virginia’s Cavalry Corps in the wake of the death of the lamented cavalry chief

the commander of the Army of Northern Virginia

Custer developed his tactical philosophy within the politically ridden atmosphere of the Army of the Potomac’s Cavalry Corps

and the promise of emancipation that emerged from the war

picked up their plowshares

American Civil Wars: A Continental History, 1850-1873 (Alan Taylor - WH) porcelain Wade Hampton’s emergence as theby Alan Taylor A masterful history of the Civil War and its reverberations across the continent by a two time Pulitzer Prize winner. In a fast paced narrative of soaring ideals and sordid politics, of civil war and foreign invasion, the award winning historian Alan Taylor presents a pivotal twenty year period in which North Americas three largest countriesthe United States, Mexico, and Canadaall transformed themselves into nations. The American Civil