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Title: Excellent synopsis of Civil War
Review: The author, Keith Dickson, provides an excellent overview of the War between the States. I particularly enjoyed how he brilliantly brought all the relevant details to light and spared the readers all the extraneous details that are so prevalent in other Civil War texts. Anyone who reads this book will come away with a good overall understanding of all the major conflicts and the commanders involved. That is primarily what I was looking for.After reading Civil War for Dummies, I have come to realize that the true heroes were not the many flamboyant generals like Lee, Grant, Jackson but the everyday soldiers who willingly sacrificed themselves by the thousands in some totally useless charges like the ones at Cold Harbor, Fredericksburg (Maryes Heights) and Gettysburg (Pickett's charge)This is a fine book for anyone interested in learning all they need to know about the Civil War.
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