A lavish pictorial study of the finest Civil War collectibles culled from three nationally known private collections, including flags, paintings, sculptures, weaponry, letters, photographs, broadsides, and more. Harold Holzer, National Humanities Medal recipient and author of more than 47 books about the Civil War, and Frank J. Williams, prolific writer and co-founder and chair of the Lincoln Forum, offer a lively narrative as they weave together the lasting legacy of pieces in the Donald R. Tharpe Collection of American Military History, Robert Lang's Portraits of Lincoln, and Peter Colasante's L'Enfante Gallery.