A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years

242 pp. Maps on endpapers. A rare gallery of over 350 pictures, many never before published, gathered from sources North and South. A compact and masterly history of the war, year by year, accompanied by remarkable photographs and period documents. A very collectible volume for the professional or amateur historian of the Civil War. CONTENTS: The Long Road to Secession; 1861 - War Comes; 1861 - The Picture Story; 1862 - Bitter and Bloody Fighting; 1862 - The Picture Story; 1863 - The Year of Big Battles; 1863 - The Picture Story; 1864 - Union Armies Slug the Southland; 1864 - The Picture Story; 1865 - The End; 1865 - The Picture Story; Index.