Fields of Fury: The American Civil War

We used this for our homeschool study on the Civil War, and it is just an excellent overview of the Civil War. It covers the events more than the personalities, so this coupled with some biographies made for an excellent unit. Now that I've read this with my kids, I plan to read McPherson's book for adults myself. It did a great job at piquing my interest to read his other book.

Using this in our homeschool unit on the Civil War and it’s a great narrative to the war. My son loves the artwork and I love having a nice story line I can use as a jumping off point for daily discussion. Very useful book.

I enjoyed reading and using this as a reference for my civil war unit

Fields of Fury: The American Civil War is extremely well organized and extremely well written. Sparkling writing and compelling reading create a moving account of the Civil War. There are very good time lines, pictures, maps, illustrations and quick facts. This is the kind of writing to which all of our children need to be exposed. The book could be an excellent reference for children who are writing papers about this historical period. The author, James M. McPherson, PhD. is an expert on the Civil War. He is a Princeton University professor and the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the book Battle Cry of Freedom.

This book is written for elementary / middle school age kids. But it is a fabulous book for teachers of any grade to have on hand as a quick resource. They provide a summary of each major battle & the importance of it, info on major players, & interesting facts. I sometimes get messed up on the battle names & locations, this book really helps keep it straight.

This was an interesting read. It taught me about the War of Northern Aggression. After this book, I recommend you read The Battle Cry of Freedom. It also teaches you about the War of Northern Aggression, but with greater details... Unfortunately, it has very few pictures. Cover looks cool though...

I chose this book to use as one of my summer reading assignments for 8th graders. Lots of original graphics and bullet-type information bites.

This is a wonderful book about the history of the Civil War. Kid friendly but not dumbed down. A lot of wonderful pictures and illustrations, as well.