The American Heritage Picture History of the Civil War

The American Heritate Picture History of the Civil War is a 1960 book by Bruce Catton about the OTL American Civil War. It is liberally illustrated with over 800 contemporary photographs and paintings. The Rivington men presented it to Robert E. Lee, who used it to learn the fatal mistakes the Confederate States would have made had they (the Rivington men) not intervened in the war. He also used the opportunity to gain the measure of a number of prominent figures of his time, including Henry Pleasants. However, he resolutely refused to read his own biographical articles for fear of learning the date of his death, which he did not want to know.