Did you know that U S Grant bought a slave just three years before the Civil War began? Or that an enterprising machine-gun salesman sold Abraham Lincoln the first 'coffee-mill guns' for use by the Federal army? Or that the first American submarine attack came from the Confederate submarine Hunley in 1864? These are just a few of the fascinating stories and revealing anecdotes that emerge from this intriguing and entertaining book -- a sure winner for Civil War buffs on both sides of the Mason-Dixon line.