Reviews
"Benson J. Lossing, a popular ninetenth-century historian, combined travelogue, history, and image to create a vivid and comprehensive account of the Civil War in the 1870s. Comparable to Ken Burns and Shelby Foote today, Lossing's work reached thousands of people and often set the tone of how the war was remembered by the ordinary citizen... His three-volume narrative, replete with detailed accounts of troop movements and strategies, accurate depictions of battlefields, buildings and soldiers, and countless illustrations of weapons, regimental insignias, and maps of the campaigns reflect Lossing's extensive onsite research. His determination to give readers a visual image of what the war was like is still useful for present day collectors and reenactors."-- Georgia Historical Quarterly, "The Shelby Foote of the 19th century, Lossing presents an abundantly illustrated text that makes for interesting reading. In addition to his contemporary insight of the conflict, excellent, new introductions have been added to each volume by Reid Mitchell."-- North and South, ''Benson J. Lossing, a popular ninetenth-century historian, combined travelogue, history, and image to create a vivid and comprehensive account of the Civil War in the 1870s. Comparable to Ken Burns and Shelby Foote today, Lossing's work reached thousands of people and often set the tone of how the war was remembered by the ordinary citizen...His three-volume narrative, replete with detailed accounts of troop movements and strategies, accurate depictions of battlefields, buildings and soldiers, and countless illustrations of weapons, regimental insignias, and maps of the campaigns reflect Lossing's extensive onsite research. His determination to give readers a visual image of what the war was like is still useful for present day collectors and reenactors.''--'Georgia Historical Quarterly' ''The Shelby Foote of the 19th century, Lossing presents an abundantly illustrated text that makes for interesting reading. In addition to his contemporary insight of the conflict, excellent, new introductions have been added to each volume by Reid Mitchell.''--'North & South' ''For those who wish to study the evolution of writing about the war, Lossing is an important source. Bibliophiles and Civil War buffs alike greet with enthusiasm the re-publication of Lossing's works.''--'John Robbins, ''Civil War Corner,'' 'Fredericksburg Freelance-Star' ''Ben Lossing's 'Pictorial Field-Book of the Civil War' provides today's readers with an interpretation of the war that may very well be new to them even though it is more than a hundred years old. Originally written in 1866, before passions cooled and reputations solidified, 'The Pictorial Field-Book of the Civil War' reminds us how Northerners thought--and felt--about the Civil War at the time itself.''--Reid Mitchell, author of 'Civil War Soldiers' and 'The Vacant Chair', "For those who wish to study the evolution of writing about the war, Lossing is an important source. Bibliophiles and Civil War buffs alike greet with enthusiasm the re-publication of Lossing's works."--John Robbins, "Civil War Corner," Fredericksburg Freelance-Star