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eReview: Civil War Journal: The Legacies

by Davis, Pohanka, Troiani editors Hardcover - 515 pages (February 1999) Rutledge Hill Pr; ISBN: 1558534393

Review by eHistory Team

The third and final volume of this series is "Civil War Journal: The Legacies," published in 1999. This series doesn't focus on the men who shaped the war as battle leaders, or the battlefields where the war was measured in victory or loss. But what the book does focus on is the impact the American Civil War had on our culture and society. It covers a wide-range of topics including, Mathew Brady, combat medicine, issues of slavery, the creation of Arlington Cemetery, women in the war, and much more. Richly illustrated with drawings and photographs, this book completes and balances out the trilogy, providing an excellent resource for any student of the Civil War which is easily readable and thoroughly enjoyable.