From the first cannon fire at Fort Sumter to the Battle of Gettysburg to the surrender of General Robert E. Lee, the Civil War comes alive through the action-packed art of Mort Künstler. Savage battles, devastating retreats, and triumphant marches unfold in vivid detail. Text by James I. Robertson, Jr., prompts readers to learn about history in an engagin, multisensory way. -- From the publisher.

The story of the Civil War --The fall of Fort Sumter-the Civil War begins, 1861 -- The first Battle of Bull Run, 1861 -- Clash of the Ironclads, 1862 -- Jackson enters Winchester, Virginia, 1862 -- The second Battle of Bull run and the Battle of Antietam, 1862 -- The Emancipation Proclamation, 1862-1863 -- Battle of Fredericksburg, 1862 -- Angel of the battlefield, 1862 -- Battle of Chancellorsville, 1863 -- Gettysburg: day one, 1863 -- Gettysburg: day two, 1863 -- Gettysburg: day three, 1863 -- Vicksburg victory, 1863 -- Lincoln speaks, Grant triumphs, 1863 -- The doomed voyage of CSS Hunley, 1864 - On to Richmond!, 1864 -- Atlanta burns, 1864 -- Lee surrenders, 1865 -- Timeline.