Easton Press leather edition of Ezra J. Warner's " "General in Gray: Lives of the Confederate Generals," and "Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders," COLLECTOR'S editions, Period Photographs, two of the LIBRARY OF MILITARY HISTORY series, published in 2006. Bound in blue and gray leather, the books have camel tan French moire end leaves, satin book marker, hubbed spine, acid-free paper, Symth-sewn binding, gold gilding on three edges---in near FINE condition---except for 'blank' attached bookplate on inside fly leaf. Ezra Joseph Warner, who lived from 1910-1974, was born in Illinois but lived in La Jolla, California. Unsurpassed since their publication fifty years ago, Warner's "Generals" provide a complete guide to the military leadership of both the North and the South.  The books remain the most exhaustive and celebrated work on the Civil War's generals. The books detail biographical sketches and photographs of all 425 Confederate and 583 Union generals. Through tireless research and captivating detail, Warner provides fascinating insight into these commanders, well known such as ROBERT E. LEE, ULYSSES S. GRANT, J.E.B. STUART, STONEWALL JACKSON, NATHANIEL BANKS, HIRAM BERRY, WILLIAM SHERMAN, and JAMES LONGSTREET. Warner details the men, from the legendary union general GEORGE CUSTER to the youngest brigadier in the Confederate Army, William Paul Roberts, only nineteen years old in 1861. Hailed by scholars the books are considered indispensable on the American Civil War and the only comprehensive reference of the men who led over three million soldiers in the most divisive and bloodies war in American history. In the Preface to "Generals in Blue," Warner wrote:  "The Civil War was a young man's war. The average age of the 132 generals in 1861 was thirty-nine. Lincoln's choices were limited but he had 217 West Point graduates. According to the Census of 1860 the population of the free states was nineteen million and that of the slave states was twelve million---including three and a half million slaves. President Lincoln, master politician that he was, walked on the blade of a knife during the entire war. No abolitionist himself, he nevertheless had to satisfy the radical wing of the Republican party. Lincoln's choices were limited, but he had many more resources than Jefferson Davis, both fianancial and industrial. In the Introduction, Warner wrote: "The Southern Confederacy was carried for four long years on the bayonets of its armies. . . When the first shell exploded over Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, there were 425 men living north and south who would become general officers of the Confederacy in the ensuing four years. The South was at war, and the flower of its manhood embraced the profession of arms. . .the Confederate generals now exist as an almost mythical group."  "Generals in Gray" has 420 pages and "Generals in Blue" has 680 pages.  I offer combined shipping.