History was made on the first three days of July 1863 at Gettysburg,
Pa., where Confederate General Robert E. Lee waged a final desperate
gamble to win the Civil War -- and lost. Now TIME celebrates the 150th
anniversary of this pivotal battle in a freshly reported, incisively
written and beautifully illustrated volume. TIME has enlisted a
brilliant roster of writers to offer fresh perspectives on this iconic
battle. Best-selling novelist Jeff Shaara will create a fictional
portrait of a Southern soldier in the ranks, and military historian
David Eisenhower will examine the strategy of the battle. Noted TIME
weekly writers include Richard Lacayo on photography in the war, Jeff
Kluger on medicine on the battlefield, David Von Drehle on Lincoln and
his generals, and critic Richard Corliss on the war on film, while
veteran TIME cartographer Jackson Dykman is creating all new maps for
the book. This oversized hardcover edition will offer a magnificent
canvas for classic war photographs and other images from the period.