Military Leaders Of The Civil War

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Facts On File Inc
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 1993
Edition: First Edition

Description: 138 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Each volume in the American Profiles series provides middle and high school students with concise information on eight to thirteen important and influential figures in a particular field of endeavor.Profiles are organized around a movement, event, or profession that has had a significant, lasting impact on American history and contemporary life. Essential biographical information is included for each figure, but the heart of each profile describes the critical achievements and contributions of the individual under consideration and assesses the subjects significance, not only in the context of the persons own lifetime, but in the broader sweep of American history.Placing each figures achievements and contributions in a historical context makes each profile the ideal source for preparing reports. Students can use this framework as a basis for comparisons and contrasts, which will given them a better understanding of how individuals shape, and are shaped by, the times in which they live.Profiles: Robert E. Lee; George Henry Thomas; William Tecumseh Sherman; Ulysses S. Grant; James Longstreet; Thomas J. Jackson; Philip Henry Sheridan; and Jeb Stuart.

ISBN: 9780816026715