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Author:
Carhart, Tom.
Title:
Sacred ties : from West Point brothers to battlefield rivals : a true story of the Civil War / Tom Carhart.
Edition:
Berkley Caliber trade pbk. ed.
Publisher:
Berkley Caliber,
Copyright Date:
2011, c2010
Description:
420 p. : 22 cm.
Subject:
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States Military Academy--History--19th century.
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America.--Army--History.--History.
United States Military Academy--Alumni and alumnae--Biography.
United States--Campaigns.--1861-1865, Civil War--Campaigns.
United States Military Academy--History.
United States.--Army--History.--History.
Confederate States of America.--Army--History.--History.
United States Military Academy--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-405) and index.
Summary:
Discusses the personal struggles, victories, and defeats of young West Point graduates, including George Armstrong Custer, Henry Algernon DuPont, and Wesley Merritt, who forged the bonds of brotherhood in training only to face each other in battle after the eruption of the Civil War in 1861.
ISBN:
0425239101
9780425239100 (pbk.)
Locations:
YFPC572 -- Springville Memorial Library (Springville)

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