A facsimile edition of the 1866 publication containing seventy-two poems on major campaigns, battles, and events of the Civil War, representing the author's first foray into the world of poetry.
Discusses Melville's Battle-Pieces, a book of poems that chronicles the Civil War from John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry through Lincoln's assassination.
Profiles twenty-five war poets, including a brief biography of each poet and a list of their works and achievements, including Rupert Brooke, Guillaume Apollinaire, and Chinua Achebe.