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Go behind the scenes of America's deadliest war.

The Civil War was the bloodiest war fought on U.S. soil.  The more than 1 million casualties on both sides represent a fraction of those who fought in the battles that raged between the North and the South.

After 150 years the Civil War is still our greatest national drama, at once heroic, tragic, and epic-our Iliad, but also our Bible, a story of sin and judgment, suffering and despair, death and resurrection in a 'new birth of freedom.' Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, The Civil War: The First Year gathers over 120 pieces by...

The second volume of the ground-breaking eyewitness narrative that has been called a 'masterpiece' (Malcolm Jones, Newsweek )

The definitive visual history of the Civil War

Visually arresting and comprehensive, The American Civil War covers the history, causes and consequences of the conflict, providing first-person accounts by soldiers and civilians, key profiles of military leaders and clear timelines that give an instant overview of the developments during the tumultuous war.

WINNER OF THE NEW YORK CIVIL WAR ROUND TABLE'S FLETCHER PRATT AWARD

From the firing on Fort Sumter to the shot the killed Abraham Lincoln, this fascinating compendium of the civil War conveys the sights, sounds, and emotions of the conflict that shaped our history and out national consciousness.  Here is the vivid and compelling commentary of generals, common soldiers, politicians, and ordinary...

'Few historian write as well as McPherson, and none evoke the sound of battle with greater clarity . . . McPherson draws on almost fifty years of research to present a cogent and concise narrative of how Lincoln, working against enormous odds, saved the United States of America.'
- Jean Edward Smith, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

An unrivalled account of the American Civil War from the Confederate perspective. 

A STUNNING NARRATIVE THAT CAPTURES THE EXPERIENCES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WITNESSED THE TUMULTUOUS FALL OF THE PROUD CONFEDERATE CAPITAL