The New Yorker calls this book “splendid and stirring.” It is an intense, close-up examination of 15 hours out of the third and final day of the Civil War battle as seen from both sides. Stewart sketches the closely observed details that make the picture come alive: the deadpan humor of the soldiers, the blistering heat of the summer sun, the heroics of mortally wounded generals, and the relentless sound of artillery.