Photographic history of the civil war. [1], Fort Sumter to Gettysburg : Shadows of the Storn, the Guns of ’62, the Embattled confederacy

These spectacular photographs offer a pictorial record without equal of the Civil War. In Nearly 2,000 extraordinary and often rare images, accompanied by illuminating essays by many of the foremost historians of the Civil War, the action is presented as it really happened and as it was actually recorded by the camera. The result offers an intensely moving portrait of an America divided more than a century ago, capturing the mercurial moods, the valor, the squalor, of two nations and on people locked in fratricidal war. Written and compiled by the nation's leading authorities, with nearly 2,000 photographs in each volume (many published only in these collections).

"A pictorial record without equal on the Civil War" (Library Journal) published in association with the National Historical Society. Scholarly, comprehensive, and moving text and captions accompany more than 4,000 photographs, many published only in these volumes. Originally published in three volumes.

Contents: Shadows of the storm - The guns of '62 - The embattled Confederancy. [1] Fort Sumter to Gettysburg. [2] Vicksburg to Appomattox