"My favorite historical novel .
And far mo.
There was love.
There were promises.
There were memories.
Far more than rifles and bullets were carried into battle.
One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life.
McPherson In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation\'s history, two armies fought for two conflicting dreams. a superb re-creation of the Battle of Gettysburg, but its real importance is its insight into what the war was about, and what it meant."--James M. . . "My favorite historical novel