Eyewitness to the Civil War (Hardcover) by Steve Hyslop Available from Amazon.com $26.40 new, 58 new and used from $9.44. Printed by National Geographic.

Eyewitness to the Civil War is a great new book published by the always authoritative and visually superb National Geographic. It is really a pleasure to read and study because it is well-formatted and just packed with interesting photographs, explanatory diagrams, and excellent maps. It reminds me of the magazine. My favorite parts are the inclusion of many firsthand accounts (from letters). I have a bookshelf full of Civil War books, but I daresay this is probably the best single volume Civil War book I've seen, utilizing all of the resources of our latest knowledge and visual multi-media resources (like new and rare enhanced photos and actual correspondence).
If you are going to get just one Civil War book, I would recommend this one. It's also really a great bargain for such a nice, hefty coffee table book.

Review by Y.Tsuchida (Amazon.com reviewer).