cover image Grant and Lee: The Virginia Campaigns 1864-1865

Grant and Lee: The Virginia Campaigns 1864-1865

William A. Frassanito. Scribner Book Company, $19 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-684-18704-4

Misleadingly titled, this is a comprehensive examination of the hundreds of photographs taken during the final battles of the Civil War in Virginia. The author comments in detail on each of them, providing information about the people, the battles, even the technical aspects of the picture-taking. PW declared that this book ""will provide a fresh perspective on the Civil War.'' (October)