The Last Full Measure

In the conclusion to the Shaaras' Civil War trilogy, Gettysburg is over, and the war advances to its third brutal year. On the Union side, the cumbersome Union Army desperately needs a decisive, hard-nosed leader. It is at this critical moment that Lincoln places Ulysses S. Grant in command -- and turns the tide of the war. For Robert E. Lee, Gettysburg was a disaster. Lee knows better than anyone that the South cannot survive a war of attrition. But with the total devotion of his generals and his unswerving faith in God, Lee is determined to fight to the bitter end. From the costly Battle of the Wilderness to the agonizing siege of Petersburg to Lee's surrender at Appomattox, the author captures the tragedy of the Civil War through the minds and hearts of those who gave their last full measure.

"Though the story of the Civil War has been told many times, this is the rare version that conveys what it must have felt like." (Chicago Sun-Times)