War Is All Hell: A Collection of Civil War Facts and Quotes

by Randall J. Bedwell

War Is All Hell is a no-holds-barred look at the American Civil War through the words of the people who endured it. Filled with more than 470 quotations from persons directly involved in the war and arranged with dozens of illustrations to convey the character of the war to present-day readers, it captures the thoughts and emotions of the times in a way that no ordinary history can do. Here in their own words are the thoughts, emotions, and curses of a nation at war with itself. Drawing on the well-known leaders such as Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Davis, and Longstreet, it also contains a rich sampling of the common soldiers' observations and insights of the war. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction, highlighting significant events and describing the progress of the war. Both the eastern and western theaters are covered, with particular attention being paid to the great battlefield confrontations. The result is a surprisingly thorough coverage of the war's events and those who wore the blue and the gray.

240 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2004

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[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great collection of facts and quotes about the Civil War that tells the story of the Civil War in a way no novel ever could.
"The war now is away back in the past and you [Civil War veterans] can tell what books can not. . . . There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory, but, boys, it is all hell."
-Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, 1880