Gettysburg
In this unique series the Civil War comes vividly to life.  Here  an eyewitness accounts--many available for the first time in  decades--by generals, journalist, and ordinary foot soldiers, both blue  and gray, who relive the conflict in all its terrible glory.  Each  volume brings you a human perspective on the war--its most decisive  battles, its most remarkable personalities.Gettysburg: Two  Eyewitness Accountsis American history at its finest--and a  reading experience you will never forget.  In some ways it epitomized  the entire war: three hot days in July filled with missed  opportunities, great courage, inconsistent leadership, and horrific,  relentless carnage.  In rare volume we see the battle from both sides,  as experienced by two very different combatants, one Union and the  other Confederate.  From Little Round Top to Devil's Den to Pickett's  Charge, Lt. Frank A. Haskell and Col. William C. Oates, one in a  meticulous hindsight and the other still feverish with war, re-create  three days that changed American history.  Here are the momentous  decisions of Lee, Longstreet, and Meade.  Here are the fatal  maneuverings of the forces in the field.  And here, in descriptions  unmatched in Civil War literature, is all the heartbreak and triumph of  Gettysburg.