Who Was Who in the Civil War

by John Stewart Bowman

Book Overview

Identifies military and political leaders, soldiers, engineers, doctors, nurses, lawyers, inventors, photographers, and journalists connected with the Civil War.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0517103303
• ISBN13: 9780517103302
• Release Date: September 1994
• Publisher: Crescent
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 3.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.5"

Customer Reviews

A Necessary Supplement to Your Reading

This is a great resource. At a glance, it looks like (and maybe it is) a coffee table book, but that appearance shouldn't fool you. Nearly every personality from the Civil War is covered in this book, with photographs or paintings of many of them. The biographies are not limited to birth and death dates, but include the individual's participation in the War, and many entries "editorialize" a bit to give some perspective on the person's personality, reputation, and overall impact on the War. I've noticed more than a few typographical errors in the text (misspellings, etc.), but these don't detract from the book's value. As with a good book of Civil War maps (see my other reviews), this resource can both make for good browsing, and be an indispensable supplement to your Civil War reading. When reading a War history, I find that it's easier to keep track of the lesser-known generals and soldiers if I have a face and some background. This book helps greatly.

Good survey of the civil war

This is a good encyclopedia of all the people involved in the civil war both known and unkown. The book contains civil war phots and paintings. Each indivisual is given a biography that includes their involvemnt in the civil war. This is a good starting refrence for anyone doing research on the civil war and it is a good companion source to Ken Burns' Civil War.