This ground-breaking book takes an insightful and close "New Look" at one of the most fascinating subjects of the Civil War--the long-overlooked battlefield con

"America through time. Adding color to American history."

More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations repeat claims that anywhere between 500 and 100,000 free and

Contains correspondence, military records, and reminiscences from brave men who served what they considered their country.