American Military History: From Colonials to CounterinsurgentsThe Civil War sets the pattern for warfare in the 20th and 21st centuries; the political events leading up to the war; the strategy devised by Winfield Scott; the chaotic First Battle of Bull Run; developments in the western theater.
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