Grant Rising : Mapping the Career of a Great Commander Through 1862
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| Title: | Grant Rising : Mapping the Career of a Great Commander Through 1862 |
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| Description: | Grant Rising is an inspired, one-volume summary in maps and text of Ulysses S. Grant's famous battles in 1862 - including Donelson and Shiloh - and also his early life, including his frontier and Mexican War service - as well as his minor engagement in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.Grant Rising features techniques that portray Civil War battles in a new way, such as shaded relief topography, giving the maps a three-dimensional appearance. Plus the use of different color tints to represent command relationships makes it easier to determine which brigades reported to which divisions and corps at a glance. Using slightly different shades of blue and red also allow for easy differentiation of many units on a single map, making the action easier to understand.Grant Rising is a truly new type of map reference book as well as a remarkable history of Grant's early life and career through 1862. |
| Authors: | Hal Jespersen, James R. Knight, Dana Lombardy |
| Resource Type: | eBook. |
| Categories: | HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), HISTORY / Military / United States |
| Database: | eBook Collection (EBSCOhost) |
| Abstract: | Grant Rising is an inspired, one-volume summary in maps and text of Ulysses S. Grant's famous battles in 1862 - including Donelson and Shiloh - and also his early life, including his frontier and Mexican War service - as well as his minor engagement in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.Grant Rising features techniques that portray Civil War battles in a new way, such as shaded relief topography, giving the maps a three-dimensional appearance. Plus the use of different color tints to represent command relationships makes it easier to determine which brigades reported to which divisions and corps at a glance. Using slightly different shades of blue and red also allow for easy differentiation of many units on a single map, making the action easier to understand.Grant Rising is a truly new type of map reference book as well as a remarkable history of Grant's early life and career through 1862. |
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| ISBN: | 9781940169019 9781940169125 |
