"Four score and seven years ago..." begins Abraham Lincoln's beautiful speech commemorating the three-day battle that turned the tide of the Civil War. The Sout

“Sickles is as dividing a figure in Civil War history as there is. In his masterful work . . . Hessler . . . puts him out there with all his wrinkles” (Conf

Text and illustrations describe the events before, during and after the Battle of Gettysburg.

The bloodiest battle in American history is under way . . . It's 1863, and Thomas and his little sister, Birdie, have fled the farm where they were born and rai

For good reason, the second and third days of the Battle of Gettysburg have received the lion's share of attention from historians. With this book, however, the