Publisher's Synopsis
Eyewitness Civil War explores the adventure and lure of America's greatest conflict. It introduces fascinating figures such as Southern spy Belle Boyd forgotten slave hero Robert Smalls and towering leaders Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. It examines Bull Run Gettysburg and other battles that changed the history of a nation. And as only Eyewitness books can Civil War looks at the personal side of this conflict - from the homespun uniforms worn by Confederate volunteers to rousing military marches and propaganda posters to the touching photographs of fighting men and the people they left behind.
