The Graphic Novel History of the Great Civil War Battles

First published in comic book format in the mid-90s by the Heritage Collection and carried in United States National Parks stores, these true-to-history comics tell the stories of six of the most significant battles of the Civil War: Gettysburg, Shenandoah, Antietam, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Sherman’s march from Atlanta to the sea.

Written and illustrated by Wayne Vansant, one of the most accomplished authors of military history graphic novels with more than a dozen books to his credit, The Graphic Novel History of the Great Civil War Battles 1860-1865 is packed with detailed drawings, painstakingly depicting every battle, soldier, civilian, weapon and vehicle with historical accuracy.

  • Available Rights:
    • Print – worldwide
    • Digital – worldwide
    • All languages
  • 214 pages
  • Color
  • Recommended for readers 12 to adult

Together, these six graphic histories make up the Wayne Vansant’s Graphic Novel History of the Great Civil War Battles 1860-1865:

ANTIETAM: THE FIERY TRIAL – After defeating Pope’s forces at Second Bull Run, General Robert E. Lee turns his army into Maryland.  There he meets General George B. McClellan in the little community of Sharpsburg, on the banks of Antietam Creek, fights the bloodiest day in American History, and leads Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

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SHILOH: THE DEVIL’S OWN DAY – Shiloh:  1862: Two green and untested armies grope toward each in the entangled rivers of western Tennessee, finally meeting at Pittsburg Landing, and fight the first big battles of the western front, a struggle that will claim as many casualties as the Battle of Waterloo.

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COVERED IN GLORY: THE 26TH NORTH CAROLINA AT GETTYSBURG – June 1963.  Fresh from their great victory at Chancellorsville, Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia invaded Pennsylvania.  Within these Gray ranks is the 28th North Carolina, which will suffer more casualties than any other in the Battle of Gettysburg.

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VICKSBURG – WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI – 1863, While Lee invades Pennsylvania. General Ulysses S. Grant sets his sights on the Mississippi fortress of Vicksburg.  After a long campaign across water and through swamps and pine forests, Grant’s forces lay siege to the city on the Mississippi, forcing its surrender on the 4th of July and cutting the Confederacy in two.

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SHERMAN’S MARCH THROUGH ATLANTA TO THE SEA – In May 1864, General William Tecumseh Sherman leads three Federal armies south from Chattanooga toward the industrial center of the south, Atlanta.  In this drive, he would fight battles like Pickett’s mill, New Hope Church, Kennesaw Mountain, and Peachtree Creek, and leave a wide path of destruction all the way to the sea.

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STONEWALL IN THE SHENANDOAH – 1862.  While Union forces hammer at Richmond, General Stonewall Jackson draws three Federal Armies into the Shenandoah Valley, each larger than his meager force.  Driving his “foot cavalry” up and down the lush valley, he defeats his enemy at every turn and fights one of the most celebrated campaigns in military history.

 



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