A guidebook to the major battlesites of the Civil War. Combines practical information with a historical perspective.

Includes index.

Visiting the sites -- Battlefields and itineraries -- Civil War leaders -- Chronology of the war -- First Manassas -- The armies -- Fort Donelson -- Uniforms -- Shiloh -- Weapons -- The Pennsylvania Campaign and the "Seven Days" -- Artillery -- Second Manassas -- Signalling -- Antietam -- Slavery -- Fredericksburg -- Photography -- Murfreesboro -- Intelligence -- Chancellorsville -- Medicine -- Monuments -- Vicksburg -- Naval Operations -- Chickamauga -- Transport -- Chattanooga -- Rations -- The Wilderness and Spotsylvania -- Atrocities -- Cold Harbor -- Living History -- Atlanta and the March to the Sea -- Total War -- Cedar Creek -- Women in the war -- Petersburg -- Appomattox.