A pictorial history of the Civil War, using photographs taken by Mathew Brady and his assistants.

Includes index. "A Salamander book"--t.p. verso.

Civilian and Military Leaders12 -- Companies and Regiments 30 -- Dress and Insignia 44 -- Camp Life 56 -- Battlefields 76 -- Weapons 90 -- War on the Water 112 -- Transportation 130 -- Feats of Engineering 150 -- Specialists 170 -- Sick and Wounded 184 -- Care Givers 196 -- Flotsam and Jetsam 208 -- A Land Laid Waste 222 -- Photographing the War 244.