The Civil War Almanac is a comprehensive and invaluable reference tool for anyone interested in learning more about the War Between the States. If you already own a sizable collection of Civil War literature, this will be an invaluable addition. There are three sections in the book. The main body of the text is the day-to-day chronology of political and diplomatic events and all the major land and sea campaigns, which traces events from the early rumblings of the abolitionists through the whole period of the war and the immediate postwar period. It is subdivided by subject headings so that particular campaigns or series of diplomatic events can be followed separately. The second section covers the weapons and equipment use din the Civil War. There are land and sea sections in which technical descriptions of the key equipment of the two combatants are given and their performances in action described and compared. The final section gives brief biographies of the important personalities of the war. Among those described are military and political leaders, diplomats and journalists, spies and rabble rousers.
