This military history explains the principal campaigns of the Civil War and all the major battles in a lively text, keyed to 49 full-page, two-colo maps. It is a clear, concise and authoritative volume ideal for battlefield tours or classroom study.

Forty-nine encounters arranged chronologically, grouped in four parts: The Amateur Armies, The Organized War, Confederate High Tide, Total War. Photos with captions, narrative, and maps explain significance of each event. Maps detailed with topographic features, and 17 different symbols to show assets, troop movements, etc. Compact reference helpful to this amateur reader of Civil War books.