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Young Jethro Creighton grows from a boy to a man when he is left to take care of the family farm in Illinois during the difficult years of the Civil War.

Offers an analysis of every naval campaign of the Civil War, from the efforts at Fort Sumter during the secession of South Carolina in 1860, through the battles in the Gulf of Mexico, on the Mississippi River, and along the eastern seaboard, to the final attack at Fort Fisher on the coast of North Carolina in January 1865.

Profiles sixteen Confederate generals who came to represent Southern leadership, including Robert E. Lee, J. E. B. Stuart, James Longstreet, and P. G. T. Beauregard; also includes more than two hundred photos and period illustrations.

Presents over 1,600 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about political, military, and social aspects of the Civil War, including biographies of major and minor figures; and features primary documents, maps, illustrations, a glossary of terms, and an extensive bibliography.

Explores the history of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops, examining contemporary writings to provide insight into why these men, living free in the North, chose to fight in the Civil War.

Examines life for a sailor in the Union navy including recruitment and training, clothing, diet and health, wages, and combat experience; as well as issues such as racial integration and the development of the navy from wooden ships to steam and iron.

Tells the story of Andersonville, a Civil War prison camp in Georgia where thousands of Union prisoners died in the last fourteen months of the war, drawing from a variety of documents to consider whether the prison's commandant, Captain Henry Wirz, was justifiably convicted and hanged.

Uses a detailed letter written by Union lieutenant Frank A. Haskell to his brother in July 1863 and further eyewitness accounts by Union and Confederate soldiers to frame several of the engagements in the Battle of Gettysburg.

During his service in the Civil War, a young Union soldier matures to manhood and finds peace of mind as he comes to grips with his conflicting emotions about war.