Provides a day-by-day chronology of events of the Civil War, describes weapons used, and includes brief biographies. One of the most comprehensive single-volume reference works on the War Between the States available. Follow a day-to-day chronology, look at the weapons and equipment used in the conflict, and get glimpses into the lives and characters of the military and political leaders, spies, and rabble-rousers whose names populate our textbooks.

"A Bison book." Includes index. Includes maps of: Bull Run (Manassas), 18 July 1861; Bull Run (Manassa), 21 July 1861; Sharpsburg, 17 September 1862; Major Campaigns of the Civil War.

Introduction / Henry Steele Commager -- Chronology. The approach to war ; The war years: April 1861, January 1862, January 1863, January 1864, January 1865 ; The aftermath -- Weapons of the Civil War -- Naval warfare in the Civil War -- Biographies.