The Civil War: A Treasury of Art and Literature

by Stephen W. Sears

This rich trove of art and literature from the American Civil War documents the nation's most cataclysmic ordeal through the poignant impressions of those who lived it. The motives and emotions of both North and South come alive in the writings of Stephen Crane, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Walt Whitman, and Frederick Douglass; speeches, memoirs, diaries and soldier's letters; and front-line photos. 210 illustrations, 120 in color.

Genres: Civil War, History, American History

367 pages, Hardcover

First published January 19, 1991

About the author

Stephen Ward Sears is an American historian specializing in the American Civil War.

A graduate of Lakewood High School and Oberlin College, Sears attended a journalism seminar at Radcliffe-Harvard. As an author he has concentrated on the military history of the American Civil War, primarily the battles and leaders of the Army of the Potomac. He was employed as editor of the Educational Department at the American Heritage Publishing Company.

Sears resides in Norwalk, Connecticut.

Reviews

[Jeremy]

I've always been fascinated with the Civil War, the way that it touched upon the always ambiguous American right of a citizenry to rebel and the power of the Federal government over the States. And of course the characters are amazing: General Robert E. Lee, Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, Frederick Douglass, Emerson, and Grant. This group of essays candidly looks at topics across the war such as war strategy, the use of ironclads in the Navy, and the mystifying persona of Robert E. Lee.