En route to battle, a Confederate soldier and a Union soldier both make daily entries in small, leather-bound diaries. Historian Mark Nesbitt places their writings into the context of the Civil War.

Profile of the troops whose last stand helped prevent the destruction of the Army of Northern Virginia, providing Robert E. Lee with yet another chance for a northern invasion .

Covers raids from J. E. B. Stuart's 1862 ride around McClellan's army to James Wilson's crashing raids in Alabama and Georgia in 1865.

Highlights the Pennsylvania Dutch regiments and post-1820 immigrant Germans at the Battle of Gettysburg.

Clearly, something went wrong in Elmira. Drawing on ten years of research, this book traces the story of what happened.

The Army of the Potomac's defeat by General Lee. A classic reference.

Covers the deaths of 124 generals, including Stonewall Jackson, Albert Sidney Johnston, Jeb Stuart, James B. McPherson, John Reynolds, and numerous others

21 Union generals come to life in Volume One. Examine their character, personality, military skills.

21 profiles of Confederate generals in Volume Two. Learn how battles often depended on individual commanders.

Unlike any Gettysburg book now available with comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the celebrated Civil War battle. Lavishly illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, paintings, and period photos along with modern-day photos that are overlaid with markings to show troop movements. Covers uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as orders of battle and tactics.