A brand-new narrative and cartographic retelling of the Civil War from Sumter to Appomattox. Text focuses on the military history of the conflict and its cast of colorful commanders, including Lee, Grant, Sherman, McClellan, and Stonewall Jackson Full-color maps depict the national strategic situation and also zoom in on campaigns and battles such as Shiloh, Antietam, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, and more Perfect introduction for newcomers and refresher for buffs during the war's 150th anniversary and beyond AUTHOR: M. David Detweiler graduated from Yale and has worked as a journalist and editor and published short stories and novels. He was the key editor for 'Gettysburg: The Story of the Battle with Maps'. Detweiler is an amateur military history buff, composer, and sometime fly angler. President and CEO of Stackpole Inc. for the past quarter century, he enjoys chasing the unsolvable what-ifs of history. 125 maps