What the Boys in Blue Left Behind: A Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Memorabilia of the Civil War Veteran, Hardcover

What the Boys in Blue Left Behind is a long overdue pictorial encyclopedia. This book reveals memorabilia which the Civil War veterans left to us. Organizations like The Grand Army of the Republic are all but forgotten today by the general public. It is now left to historians, collectors, and Civil War enthusiast to preserve this memory. What the Boys in Blue Left Behind covers a wide range of memorabilia. In order to produce this book, the author spent years traveling to museums, Grand Army Posts, and interviewing historians, collectors and dealers. The result is this "first ever" general collector's book. It covers the many facets of collecting veteran's relics from the past. This book is a "Must Have" for collectors as well as students of history.