"A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist reveals the little-known story of the Union soldiers from Alabama who played a decisive role in the Civil War, and how they were scrubbed from the history books. We all know how the Civil War was won: by courageous Yankees who triumphed over the South. But as veteran journalist Howell Raines shows, it was not only soldiers from Northern states who helped General William Tecumseh Sherman burn Atlanta to the ground,...

"In this first book-length account of the Civil War in Arizona, Andrew E. Masich offers both a lively narrative history of the all-but-forgotten California Column in wartime Arizona and a rare compilation of letters written by the volunteer soldiers who served in the U.S. Army from 1861 to 1865. Enriched by Masich's meticulous annotation these letters provide firsthand testimony of the grueling desert conditions the soldiers endured as they fought...

Describes the formation of the all-black 54th Massachusetts Regiment and its valiant battle history from 1863 to 1865.

The outcome of the Civil War was determined lby the Army of the Potomac. this is a story of the Army of the Potomac, of the people in it, and of the nation it defended.