*A timeless story of courage and terror. This classic novel of the Civil War perfectly captures the horror of battle and the psychology of fear. A young, untried Union Army volunteer longs to prove himself under fire, but finds his illusions brutally shattered in the reality of war's confusion, bloodshed, and horror. "One of the finest books of our literature... It is all as much of one piece as a great poem is."—Ernest Hemingway