The Civil War Book of Lists: Over 300 Lists from the Sublime to the Ridiculous (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780938289432)

An invaluable source of Civil War facts, statistics, data, and trivia compiled from a wealth of histories, studies, accounts, and reminiscences
This wide variety of lists includes detailed Civil War topics of every description. Commanders from both sides of the conflict are ranked according to the best and worst ever to lead troops during the war. A selection of casualty figures demonstrates the enormous number of lives taken on the fields of the war's bloodiest battles. The composition of the armies is given in terms of state origin, ethnic background, and even average height of the troops. Lists also probe social issues such as the distribution of the African American and White populations, the elections of 1860 and 1864, and the songs and poems sung in the North and the South. Lists of the best books available on the Civil War provide a pathway through the mountainous literature on the subject and offer a basis for further study. More frivolous lists detail unusual unit nicknames, delicacies made from hardtack, the ugliest generals, and generals killed in personal encounters.
Over 300 informative lists of facts and trivia including:

• Best Brigades
• Best Regiments
• Ten Best and Worst Commanded Battles of the War
• Ten Most Evenly Matched Battles
• Top Turning Points of the War
• State, Division, and Brigade Strengths and Losses at Gettysburg
• Bloodiest and Least Bloody Battles
• Regiments with Greatest Total Casualties, Percentage Loss, and Battle Deaths
• Generals Listed by West Point Class and Rank
• Robert E. Lee's Marks at West Point
• Best and Worst Generals
• Generals with Best Nicknames
• Average Height and and Weight of Union Soldiers
• Eye Color of Union Soldiers
• Regiments of Foreign Born
• States and Territories Ranked by Population
• States and Territories Ranked by Number of Slaves
• Confederate States Ranked by Order of Secession and Percentage of Blacks in the Population
• Infantry Regiments of "The Old Army" Ranked by Seniority
• Election of 1860
• States and Territories Ranked by Total Numbers of Men Recruited for the War
• Number of Jewish Soldiers
• Highest Ranking Black Officers
• Women Known to Have Enlisted in the Army
• Best Lines from the Civil War
• Best Unit Histories
• Best Campaign Studies
• Best Civil War Fiction

Author: Combined
ISBN-10: 0938289438
ISBN-13: 9780938289432
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Language: English
Published: 12/22/1992
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.03w x 0.71d