Slaughter at the Chapel: The Battle of Ezra Church 1864 (Gary Ecelbarger - CWC) disease Animal Histories of the Civil

Animal Histories of the Civil War Era charts a path to understanding how the animal world became deeply involved in the most divisive moment in American history

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Slaughter at the Chapel: The Battle of Ezra Church 1864 (Gary Ecelbarger - CWC) disease Animal Histories of the Civilby Gary Ecelbarger The Battle of Ezra Church was one of the deadliest engagements in the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War and continues to be one of the least understood. Both official and unofficial reports failed to illuminate the true bloodshed of the conflict: one of every three engaged Confederates was killed or wounded, including four generals. Nor do those reports acknowledge the flawslet alone the ultimate failureof Confederate commander John