This is definitely a work of fiction,not based on true fact
Bloody detailed battle descriptions are very realistic. Captures the sense of battle very well.
The Civil War is the American "Iliad". Lincoln, Stonewall Jackson, Grant, and Lee still stand as heroic ideals, as stirring to our national memory as were the legendary Achilles and Hector to the world of the ancient Greeks. Within the story our "Iliad", one battle stands forth above all others: Gettysburg.
Long winded, but interesting read
