This book tells of Mathew B. Brady, a Civil War photographer, with over 300 reproductions of his work.

From the Introduction: The men and women whose portraits make up this book were approximately contemporaries. They represent a respectable cross-section of American life in all ...

An account of the intrigues, the conflicts of principle and policy, and the clash of personalities that led up to the first mortar shell launched on Fort Sumter.

Reproductions of all known likenesses of Lee, with dates and circumstances of their making, where information was available.

Unmissable biography of General Ulysses S. Grant, edited and arranged by Roy Meredith, drawing mostly on material from General Grant’s personal memoirs, and richly illustrated ...

Examines the political, cultural, and military aspects of the conflict that tragically divided the United States in the mid-nineteenth century.