American Civil War 1861–1865 is one of the bloodiest in world history, it claimed the lives of more than 600,000 people. Brave warriors of both the North and the South wrote glorious pages in the military history of the United States with their blood. This unique edition contains magnificent illustrations made by one of the best battle painters of our time, Don Troiani. They will allow the reader to feel the atmosphere of the gunpowder-smelling and death-breathing battlefields of the war of the North and South, to learn the details of the heroic episodes of the great battles of Shiloh, Antitam, Gettysburg, Spotsylvania, Petersburg and many others. In this book you can find details of the biographies of outstanding commanders, as well as descriptions of interesting details of the military life of the era. In addition, the publication contains a lot of interesting information about the uniforms and weapons of the armies of the North and South. The book is intended for all lovers of military history, as well as a wide range of readers.