The Civil War: The American Iliad As Told by Those Who Lived It

This book is about the American Civil War. More than any other conflict the Civil War tore at the fabric of American Life. There was no way to stand outside the conflict; it changed everyone's life. Out of this shattering ordeal came many strange and interesting stories. The Civil War; An American Iliad give us these stories in the participants own words. Thus the entire volume speaks with an immediacy that ordinary historical accounts can't rival.

Here is a panorama of characters. Generals, aide-de-camps, and foot soldiers; reporters, politicians and housewives rub shoulders in the pages of the book. Each sees the war in a strongly personal way. Here we meet partisans of each side, the Blue & the Grey, and see the conflict through the eyes of those who lived and breathed it.