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Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Drum-beat of the nation : the first period of the war of the rebellion from its outbreak to the close of 1862

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.243 Author/Creator: Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Book Date: 1888 Pagination: xiv, 478 p. : incl. front. : illus. : plates : ports : plans Height: 23 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

First edition, published by Harpers & Brothers. Focuses on campaigns in the first half of the Civil War.

Coffin, Charles Carleton, 1823-1896

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