"This book is to Civil War history what War and Peace is to fiction.... An outstanding reading experience."
--Los Angeles Times

"Fresh and distinctive.... Reading it is sheer joy."
--The New York Times

"Bruce Catton is doing the same job on the Civil War that Carl Sandburg did for Lincoln.... A magnificent account which reads like a modern Iliad."
--The Miami Herald

"Catton writes as though he owned the War. It could not be in better hands."
--The Little Rock Arkansas Gazette

"Racing, exciting narrative.... A great book that reflects the full measure of Catton's rare combination of talent as a writer and historian."
--The Kansas City Star

"The story of the Union in arms comes to life as in no other book on the war as a whole.... It is a as a narrative that this book achieves its distinction. From the opening chapter on to the final wonderful picture this story marches along, powerfully, breathlessly but with assurance.... A moving and exciting book."
--New York Herald Tribune