A waste of time. Nothing new. Misstatement of facts. Example: Lee and Grant were not acquainted at West Point, but very briefly during the Mexican War. And if you are reading this only because it has Bill O’Reilly’s name on it, you deserve what you get.

I had read quite a bit on the civil war, Lincoln and visited Gettysburg including walking pickets charge and visiting little round top. This was a nice refresher. Easy read with some new interesting stories, e.g. Edwin Booth saved Lincoln's son from falling apart FF a train platform.

Excellent read of key figures and an honest look at the facts (guy above is a bit extreme). Yes the south did fight taxation and for state rights....but state rights to continue and expand slavery to the west in the new territories.