Produced by Mark C. Orton, Steve Klynsma and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL HANDBOOK FIRST EDITION by William H. Price A Civil War Research Associate Series TABLE OF CONTENTS Page =THE CIVIL WAR= 2 =FACTS= The First Modern War 5 Brother Against Brother 6 They Also Served 9 The Soldier, The Battle, The Losses 11 The Cost of War 15 Numbers and Losses 17 =PICTURES= The American soldier of the 1860's 20 Camp life 23 Passing time between campaigns 25 Religion and the soldier 27 Correspondents at the front 28 Ships of the line 30 Transportation and supplies 41 Tools of modern warfare 45 Field fortifications and entrenchments 49 Communications 51 Aerial reconnaissance 52 Spies and secret agents 53 The battle's overture 54 Appalling aftermath 56 Marks of total war 62 After four years--Appomattox 64 Last review of the Union Army 65 A Nation re-united 66 =UNIFORMS= Union regulation uniforms 33 Union regimental uniforms 36 Confederate regimental uniforms 37 Confederate regulation uniforms 38 =DATES AND PLACES= Chronology of battles 67 Map of the major battlefields 70 =RECOMMENDED READING= 72 THE CIVIL WAR CENTENNIAL HANDBOOK by William H. Price 1861-1865 1961-1965 [Illustration] Published by Prince Lithograph Co., Inc. 4019 5th Rd. N., Arlington, Virginia Copyright 1961 Printed in U. S. A. THE CIVIL WAR _Here brothers fought for their principles Here heroes died to save their country And a united people will forever cherish the precious legacy of their noble manhood._ --_PENNSYLVANIA MONUMENT AT VICKSBURG_