edited by Neil Kagan ; narrative by Stephen G. Hyslop ; introduction by Harris J. Andrews.
ISBN
0792262069
9780792262060
9780792252801 (deluxe ed.)
0792252802 (deluxe ed.)
Place of Publication
Washington, D.C
Publisher
National Geographic,
Date of Publication
c2006.
Physical Description
416 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 29 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 404-405) and index.
Contents
Prologue : A nation divided -- 1861 : First blood -- 1862 : Total war -- 1863 : Victory or death -- 1864 : Rebels under siege -- 1865 : The final act -- Epilogue : The nation reunited.
Summary
Records the military, political, social, and cultural history of the Civil War through photographs, artifacts, period illustrations, maps, essays by historians, and firsthand accounts.
