Civil War Battlefields and Landmarks: With Official National Park Service Maps for Each Site

I picked up this book after a visit to Gettysburg because I was interested in learning what other Civil War battlefields might be worth visiting. The book is good for that purpose: there's just enough information to give you an idea of what the battlefield is like. Maps are taken from the National Park Service and the photos and illustrations are from commonly known sources. There's a relatively brief textual history of the battle and a table showing relative strengths and casualties. Finally, there is a sidebar containing essential information about the site, such as hours, presence of a visitor's center and so on. Overall, a decent general overview of Civil War battlefields and landmarks. Not necessarily well suited for the serious history buff, but great for planning your visits. Jerry

This is a really good book on the Civil War, it is layed out very well, the first part discusses all the battles and gives you maps and casualties, really well done, good graphics. Each chapter, discusses a battle and the requisite images are crisp and well conceived..The book also discusses all of the generals and critiques them and gives a little history..I must confess I am no Civil War buff, uh though I am buff, but I digress, but this book gives a novice a real education of the history of this fascinating struggle. Really a perfect book to get an overview of the War, I highly recommend it, frankly to a novice or a Civil War buff.