Printed on acid-free paper, The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom will be a valued addition to anyone's personal library. Handsome leather bound, signed copies are available. Learn the stories behind eight of military history’s most intimidating rallying cries. It is a serious, scholarly depiction of the War Between the States, one that has stood the test of time and will continue to do so. In 1861, George Root wrote this song as a response to the news that the president, Abraham Lincoln, had asked for 175, 000 more men for battle (Waller et al. As is said, we must know the past, in order to avoid the same mistakes in the future.
Rather than just being names in the pages of our past, these people are brought to life, their motivations detailed, and fleshed out so that we can know them better.Īn understanding of this bitter and sad period in history is put forth graphically for our absorption. The generals, the enlisted men, and the many women who took on nursing duties, are all given their space in this masterful history. Ian Berwick 83.5K subscribers Battle Cry of Freedom, also known as Rally 'Round the Flag, was written in 1862 by George Frederick Root.
His erudite rendering of what caused civil war, and what determined the course of the conflict, is concise and brilliantly presented without being pedantic.Įvery aspect of the war is covered: the horror of fighting a battle the ghastly aftermath of fields literally covered with the bodies of the dead, dying and maimed and the attempts of men on both sides to avoid conscription. McPherson has captured the essence of the war that split our country in two. Once picked up, The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom is hard to put down. While not a Civil War buff myself, I could not help but get caught up in the painstaking detail of the text and the poignancy of the photographs and illustrations. Father Hildalgos Cry On the morning of September 16, 1810, the parish priest of the town of Dolores, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, declared himself in open revolt against Spanish rule from the pulpit of his church, launching the Mexican War of Independence. Each photograph and illustration is accompanied by appropriate text supplied by the author of this awesome work.
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Twenty-four full color maps were prepared especially for this volume. Now this breathtaking tome has been enhanced with over seven hundred photographs. In 1988, the Pulitzer Prize winning Battle Cry of Freedom was acclaimed as the finest one-volume history of the American Civil War ever published. The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPherson
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