"The man with six weeks to live is anxious." Prologue, p. 8

"Lincoln (he prefers to go by just his last name. No one calls him 'Abe,' which he loathes. Few call him 'Mr. President.'" Chap. 1, p. 13

"Lee is the most wanted man in America. The soldier who captures him will become a legend." Chap. 2, p. 21

"George Custer, however, is not to be denied. He dismounts his men and orders them to assume an infantry posture." Chap. 12, p. 69

"The end has come. General Robert E. Lee rides forth from the Confederate lines, into the no-man's-land separating his dwindling force from the vast Union forces." Chap. 15, p. 90

"But the war is not so easily forgotten by others. Unbeknownst to all those men who risked their lives to fight those great battles—men who deservedly savor the peace—plans are being hatched throughout the South to seek...