Riveting, moving, and impossible to put down, War, Terrible War takes usinto the heart of the Civil War, from the battle of Manassas to the battle ofGettysburg and on to the South's surrender at Appomattox Court House. Follow thecommon soldiers in blue and gray as they endure long marches, freezing wintercamps, and the bloodiest battles ever fought on American soil. Off the warfields, War, Terrible War captures the passion and commitment of abolitionistsand slaveowners alike in their fiery debates throughout the land. With profilesof Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, John Brown, Harriet Tubman,Jefferson Davis, soldiers on both sides, slave owners, abolitionists, averagecitizens, and others, War, Terrible War is the compelling story of a peopleaffected by the horrors of war during this tragic and dramatic period in AHistory of US.