Davis, William C. and Bell I. Wiley: The Civil War Times Illustrated Photographic. History of the Civil War, Volume II: Vicksburg to Appomattox: Vicksburg to Appomattox v. 2 (Civil War Times Illustrated the Civil War)

An extraordinary undertaking ... a necessary part of any respectable Civil War Library. Tom Wicker,The New York Times "A fine survey, culled over a ten-year period from more than one hundred thousand surviving pictures scattered among three hundred collections, supplemented by solid articles on campaigns and battles and individual cameramen." American Heritage "Rare portraits of boys eyeing the camera with bravado, and of generals posing rigidly and with an air of self-importance; scenes of camp life, with tents and equipment stretching into the distance,- views of lovely places whose beauty was forever scarred by the ugliness of armed encounter." Raleigh News and Observer "In extraordinary photographs, as well as essays by some of today`s foremost historians of the Civil War, we get a glimpse of the action as it really happened." Columbus Dispatch "A monumental project...[shows] the power of the camera to rip away the romantic facade of war and reveal its true face." The San Diego Union "One of the greatest photography collections of the century." Gallery Š "...makes one not so much a reader as a witness— enveloped, absorbed, shocked beyond tears." Eliot Fremont-Smith,Village Voice