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Hippensteel, Scott, 1969- author.

Title Myths of the Civil War : the fact, fiction, and science behind the Civil War's most-told stories / Scott Hippensteel.

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Guilford, Connecticut : Stackpole Books, [2021]

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b2183271~S1

Location	Call No.	Status
Naper Blvd. Adult Nonfiction	973.7 HIP	AVAILABLE
Nichols Adult Nonfiction	973.7 HIP	AVAILABLE

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Description	v, 257 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-243) and index.
Contents	An overview of the tall tales -- Sedgwick was correct : the myth of the Civil War sniper -- The density of death -- Lead precipitation -- Ready, aim, reload -- The rifle musket revolution -- Eye of history or photographic fraud? -- The Civil War on canvas : realism vs. romanticism.
Summary	"In this genre-bending work of history, Scott Hippensteel reexamines many long-cherished myths of Civil War history-and ultimately shatters them, based on physics and mathematics"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Historiography.
	United States -- Armed Forces -- Firearms -- History -- 19th century.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Equipment and supplies.
	Ballistics -- United States -- Case studies.
	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Miscellanea.
	United States -- History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
ISBN	9780811739979 (cloth)

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