This, the definitive guide to Civil War battlefields, brings that history to life in words, maps, and pictures. It covers not only the famous battlefields in the National Park System, but many others that have been all but forgotten.

"The Conservation Fund." Includes index.

Fort Sumter, South Carolina / James M. McPherson -- First Manassas, Virginia / William Glenn Robertson -- Wilson's Creek, Missouri / Richard W. Hatcher III -- Fort Donelson, Tennessee / John Y. Simon -- Pea Ridge, Arkansas / William L. Shea and Earl J. Hess -- Glorieta, New Mexico / Don E. Alberts -- Shiloh, Tennessee / George A. Reaves III -- Fort Pulaski, Georgia / Daniel A. Brown -- Mapping the Civil War / Richard W. Stephenson -- The 1862 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Virginia / James I. Robertson, Jr. -- McDowell, Virginia / Robert G. Tanner -- Cross Keys, Virginia / Donald C. Pfanz -- Port Republic, Virginia / Donald C. Pfanz -- The Seven Days Campaign, Virginia / Herman Hattaway -- Gaines' Mill, Virginia / Michael J. Andrus -- Malvern Hill, Virginia / Michael D. Litterst -- Cedar Mountain, Virginia / Robert K. Krick -- Second Manassas, Virginia / John Hennessy -- Harpers Ferry, West Virginia / Dennis E. Frye -- Antietam, Maryland / Stephen W. Sears -- Corinth, Mississippi / George A. Reaves III -- A Civil War legacy / William H. Webster -- Perryville, Kentucky / Paul Hawke -- Fredericksburg, Virginia / A. Wilson Greene -- Stones River, Tennessee / Grady McWhiney -- Chancellorsville, Virginia / Robert K. Krick -- Brandy Station, Virginia / Clark B. Hall -- Preserving Civil War battlefields / John Heinz -- Gettysburg, Pennsylvania / Harry W. Pfanz -- The Gettysburg Address / Abraham Lincoln -- The Vicksburg Campaign and siege, Mississippi / Edwin C. Bearss -- Port Gibson, Mississippi / Edwin C. Bearss -- Raymond, Mississippi / Edwin C. Bearss -- Champion Hill, Mississippi / Edwin C. Bearss -- Port Hudson, Louisiana / Lawrence Lee Hewitt -- Chickamauga, Georgia / William Glenn Robertson -- Chattanooga, Tennessee / Charles P. Roland -- The Red River Campaign, Louisiana / Ludwell H. Johnson -- Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, Louisiana / Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr. -- Hallowed ground / Sam Nunn -- The Atlanta Campaign, Georgia / Jay Luvaas -- Rocky Face Ridge and Resaca, Georgia / Jay Luvaas -- New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill, and Dallas, Georgia / Jay Luvaas -- Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia / Jay Luvaas -- Brices Cross Roads, Mississippi / Edwin C. Bearss -- Tupelo, Mississippi / Frank Allen Dennis -- Cloyd's Mountain, Virginia / James I. Robertson. Jr. -- The Wilderness, Virginia / Noah Andre Trudeau -- Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia / William D. Matter -- North Anna River, Virginia / J. Michael Miller -- Cold Harbor, Virginia / Richard J. Sommers -- The staff ride and Civil War battlefields / William A. Stofft -- The 1864 Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Virginia / Joseph W.A. Whitehorne -- New Market, Virginia / Joseph W.A. Whitehorne -- Piedmont, Virginia / Joseph W.A. Whitehorne -- Monocacy, Maryland / Gary W. Gallagher -- Second Kernstown, Virginia / Joseph W.A. Whitehorne -- Fisher's Hill, Virginia / Joseph W.A. Whitehorne -- Cedar Creek, Virginia / Joseph W.A. Whitehorne -- The Petersburg Campaign and siege, Virginia / Christopher M. Calkins -- Reams Station, Virginia / Christopher M. Calkins -- "Making free" : African Americans and the Civil War / James O. Horton -- New Market Heights, Virginia / William W. Gwaltney -- Bentonville, North Carolina / John G. Barrett -- Five Forks, Virginia / Christopher M. Calkins -- Sailor's Creek, Virginia / Christopher M. Calkins -- Appomattox Court House, Virginia / William C. Davis.