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144 pp.
| National
| December, 2008
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TradeISBN 978-1-4263-0379-1$18.95
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LibraryISBN 978-1-4263-0380-7$25.90
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The Civil War paralleled the early Industrial Revolution and the development of mass-produced armaments. Lincoln encouraged the development and use of the telegraph, aerial observation balloons, ironclad war ships, and the railroad. The authors seamlessly blend these technological advances into the larger historical record of the Civil War. Detailed illustrations and descriptions of ships, guns, and other devices are inset. Bib., ind.