After an introductory year-by-year summary of campaigns and major battles of the ACW, this book discusses the organization, weapons, formal tactics, and actual practices for each branch of the service. This includes such uncommon units as the Mississippi Marine Brigade and the Indian Home Guards. It includes the details of each state militia's formation and organization, both North and South, and standard uniform.
Everything is exemplified in hundreds of period photos with excellent captions (especially useful for militia uniforms), and there are numerous excerpts from personal reports, diaries, memoirs, and regimental histories. Katcher also includes short biographies of major military figures, each accompanied by a portrait, plus there are footnotes and short bibliographies throughout. An excellent ready-reference tool.
In Excellent condition, there is some yellow spotting to the page edges.
See photos, this is the actual book you will receive, not a stock shot.