Presents the battle of Gettysburg through the paintings of Mort Künstler with text by James McPherson that focuses on the men, including Henry Adams, Edward Porter Alexander, James J. Archer, Lewis A. Armistead, William Barksdale, John Buford, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, George Armstrong Custer, Jefferson Davis, Abner Doubleday, Jubal A. Early, Richard S. Ewell, Richard B. Garnett, John Gibbon, Wade Hampton, Winfield Scott Hancock, Henry Heth, Ambrose Powell Hill, John Bell Hood, Joseph Hooker, Oliver O. Howard, Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson, James L. Kemper, Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, James Longstreet, George Gordon Meade, James Johnston Pettigrew, George E. Pickett, John F. Reynolds, Daniel E. Sickles, Alexander H. Stephens, James Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart, Isaac R. Trimble. who participated in the fight that marked a turning point in the Civil War.

Published as a companion volume to the motion picture Gettysburg.

Foreword -- The artist's acknowledgments -- The roads to Gettysburg -- The world can never forget what they did here -- A new birth of freedom -- Paintings -- Roll call -- Chronology -- Suggested reading -- Index -- Photo credits.