What can I say about this book? It was incredible. I heard so many positive things about it but it took me years to finally sit down and read it because I thought, "I'll never be interested in or be able to follow a battle." Oh, my friends, I was wrong. It's about the battle, but not necessarily the technicalities of it--this novel is about the humanity that was lost and the ones that survived over the three days at the Battle of Gettysburg. Read it!