Battle-Pieces And Aspects Of The War - 9781536997811

Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) is the first book of poetry published by American author Herman Melville. The volume is dedicated "To the Memory of the Three Hundred Thousand Who in the War For the Maintenance of the Union Fell Devotedly Under the Flag of Their Country" and its 72 poems deal with the battles and personalities of the American Civil War and their aftermath. Also included are Notes and a Supplement in prose in which Melville sets forth his thoughts on how the Reconstruction should be carried out.

• | Author: Herman Melville
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Aug 10, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 176 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1536997811
• | ISBN-13: 9781536997811