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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Recent Acquisitions to My Library


The Training Ground: Grant, Lee, Sherman, and Davis in the Mexican War, 1846-1848 by Martin Dugard



The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi by Earl J. Hess



The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta by Earl J. Hess 



Lincoln's Mercenaries: Economic Motivation Among Union Soldiers during the Civil War by William Marvel



Debris of Battle: The Wounded of Gettysburg by Gerard A. Patterson



 How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery across America by Clint Smith

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