The American Civil War - Hans Halberstadt

What was it really like to be a soldier in the American Civil War, or at the Normandy Landings in WWII or at Waterloo? "The Soldier's Story" series describes in words and pictures the way that the ordinary soldier lived, fought, and died in different battles and conflicts. Using archival and re-enactment photographs, and contemporary accounts in official documents, letters, diaries, and contemporary reportage, these books portray what it was like for ordinary men to be thrust into battle and into the most extreme conditions they had ever had to face. The American Civil War; The first title of the new series looks at the experience of America's epic conflict through the eyes of the common soldiers be they Rebels or Yankees. Using letters, diaries, and eyewitness reports, this book conveys something of the extremes of emotion and physical privations that had to be endured by the fighting soldier in this bitter, bloody, internecine war. Using specially commissioned re-enactment photographs and contemporary illustrations, the author gives a new perspective to this tragic war.