A large-format military-history reference furnishes more than five hundred illustrated profiles of Civil War personalities, covering not only political and military leaders, but also war correspondents, inventors, diplomats, nurses, and others.
John Stewart Bowman was an American author and librettist. He received a B.A. in English literature from Harvard University and attended Trinity College, Cambridge University, and the University of Munich. Bowman worked as an editor for more than 40 years and as a freelance writer for almost as long.