Tragic Years, 1860-1865: A Documentary History of the American Civil War, 1. köideSimon and Schuster, 1960 - 1097 pages This re-creation of the Civil War weaves together the diaries, letters, recorded words of generals and privates, politicians and homemakers, reporters and historians, poets and spies. Told by the men and women who fought and lived through it, this was the bloodiest civil war the world had yet known. The presentation of these documents shows how these tragic years were actually experienced, how the war remade the Union through a profound social upheaval, and the deep, devisive issues which tore the United States apart. |
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PEACE OR A SWORD? | 3 |
THE BATTLEFIELD OF POLITICS | 21 |
1861 | 37 |
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