About the Author

William Garrett Piston, professor of history at Southwest Missouri State University, is author of Lee's Tarnished Lieutenant: James Longstreet and His Place In Southern History. Richard W. Hatcher III is historian at Fort Sumter National Monument.

Reviews

"A fascinating story of men and motives." - Journal of Military History; "A blueprint for the way all Civil War battle books ought to be written." - Journal of American History"