<li>Unlike any Gettysburg book now available with comprehensive, blow-by-blow account of the celebrated Civil War battle <li>Lavishly illustrated with color maps, diagrams, charts, drawings, paintings, and period photos along with modern-day photos that are overlaid with markings to show troop movements <li>Covers uniforms, equipment, and weaponry as well as orders of battle and tactics <p>There have been many books about Gettysburg, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. Based on extensive research, <i>The Gettysburg Companion</i> describes the battle in detail, drawing on firsthand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid sense of what it was like to experience the carnage at Gettysburg in early July 1863. The many full-color maps--all specially commissioned for the book--and the numerous photographs, charts, and diagrams make this book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream.