Fields of Honor: Pivotal Battles of the Civil War

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Few historians have ever captured the drama excitement and tragedy of the War Between the States quite like Edwin Bearss. The acclaimed "Homer of the Civil War " has won a huge devoted following with his extraordinary battlefield tours and eloquent soliloquies about the heroes scoundrels and little-known moments of a conflict that still fascinates America. Antietam Shiloh Chickamauga Gettysburg: these hallowed battles and more than a dozen more come alive as never before rich with human interest and colorful detail culled from a lifetime of study. Illustrated with detailed maps and archival images this 448-page volume commemorates the 140th anniversary of the wars end with a unique narrative of its most critical battles translating Bearss inimitable delivery into print. As he guides readers from the first shots at Fort Sumter to Gettysburgs bloody fields to the dignified surrender at Appomattox his engagingly plainspoken but expert account demonstrates why he stands beside Shelby Foote James McPherson and Ken Burns in the front rank of modern chroniclers of the Civil War as the Pulitzer Prize-winning McPherson himself points out in his admiring introduction. A must for every one of Americas countless Civil War and history buffs alike this major work will stand as an important reference and enduring legacy of a great historian for generations to come.