A one-volume compendium of over 1,500 complete and detailed biographies of the major participants (and lesser-known actors) who served the North in the U.S. Civil War. Here are the people who fought at Bull Run, Vicksburg and Chancellorsville, as well as the civilians behind the lines who contributed to their efforts. Includes more than 180 illustrations, many of them historics photographs from the battlefield. -- Adapted from the back cover.

Excerpted from the author's Who was who in the Civil War. "Volume I of Who was who in the Civil War"--Cover.

Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Appendix A (Chronology) -- Appendix B (Officers receiving the thanks of U.S. Congress) -- Selected Bibliography.