Features include a timeline of the war with important political, military, and social events; biographies of important figures; and concise coverage of major campaigns and battles. 100 photos. 38 maps.

"A Grand Central Press book."

Civil War time line -- Antebellum America -- Wartime politics -- Battles and the battlefield -- The armies -- Weaponry -- The war on the water -- Prisons and prisoners of war -- Medical care and medicine -- The home front -- Reconstruction and the aftermath of the war -- The Civil War in literature and the arts -- Studying the war: research and preservation.