Historical Dictionary of the Civil War (2nd edition)

With these two volumes Professor Jones has put a lifetime's work at our disposal and given us a veritable treasure‐trove of information. He is a Professor of History at the University of Louisiana at Monroe and already has four civil war books under his belt. Jones has worked extensively on the war's impact on his home state of Louisiana and is currently engaged in a four‐part TV series on the war.

This big book is a biographical dictionary, a gazetteer and a military compendium all rolled into one. Jones appears to have written the entire book by himself. Everything about...