The Pictorial Field-Book Of the The Civil War;Vol. 1, 2 & 3 Illustrations, By Many Hundred Engravings on Wood, By Lossing,and Barrett, From Sketches by the Author and Others Published 1867 By Benson J. Lossing 616 +649 +649 pages, indexed, searchable, profusely illustrated Requires Adobe Reader 5.0 or higher to View $15.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/Civil-War-Pictorial-Field-Book-Virginia-History_W0QQitemZ200337558826QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item2ea50c8d2a “Anything written by historian extraordinaire Benson Lossing (1813-1891) is invaluable because 1) He is a meticulous historian of the type we rarely see anymore. 2) He is close enough to the events he writes about that he is a primary source himself. 3) His amazing drawings of the locations and acouterments of the history he is writing about. If you want to learn about the American Revolutionary War then any book will suffice. If you want to KNOW about same, one goes to Lossing.” Every literate history lover in the mid-to-late nineteenth century knew of Lossing and his work. He may not have been academically trained but he knew where to look for evidence. He did the digging we would expect him to do, and wrote with a flair for the dramatic. In his Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War, Lossing takes the same "on-the-scene approach" to the Civil War (visiting the sites of battles and other events, making sketches of these places, talking with people about their experiences) that earned his earlier Pictorial Field Book of the Revolution and Pictorial Book of the War of 1812 a wide and enthusiastic readership. Other Lossing classics also offered in my EBay store:The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution(All three Field-Books also available for purchase on a single CD, for greatest savings.)