Deeds of Valor: How America's Civil War Heroes Won the Congressional Medal of Honor

558 pp. 1992 reissue of the 1903 original. Over 500 illustrations. "...a compendium of the personal reminiscences and records of the Civil War soldiers who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. ...filled with action-packed accounts and vivid firsthand descriptions of the harrowing exploits of men and women under almost unimaginable wartime stress. This book recounts 293 of the most incredible war stories in American history."