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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Why the Confederacy lost / edited by Gabor S. Boritt;
essays by James M. McPherson . . . [et al.].
p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-19-507405-X

1. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

2. Confederate States of America -- History.

I. Boritt, G. S., 1940- .

II. McPherson, James M.

E464.W48 1992 973.7 -- dc20 91-44291

98765432

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on acid-free paper

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