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Explores the material, political, intellectual, and spiritual impact of the enormous loss of life resulting from the Civil War in America, and looks at how military personnel and civilians dealt with the carnage on both practical and spiritual levels.

Offers a comprehensive political history of America from the inauguration of President Andrew Jackson in 1829 through the Reconstruction Era, exploring how specific people and events shaped the nation and its government during this crucial time.

Describes first hand accounts of the Civil War from the perspective of Union and Confederate soldiers to better describe frontline conditions, including Gettysburg, Mission Ridge, and other battle sites.

Presents a comprehensive atlas of the Civil War and contains over two hundred full-color maps, archival photographs and black-and-white illustrations, and narratives by two well-known Civil War scholars.

Follows the lives of Irish immigrants through the American Civil War and after; focusing on James O'Keefe, an ex-felon who fought for the Yankees, became a celebrity lecturer in New York, married a Latino aristocrat, was elected as a governor, and ended up facing charges of grand larceny and general anarchy.

Fourteen-year-old Johnny Ables, pressed into service in the Confederate Army, is forced to participate in a major battle and ends up in an Indiana prison camp.

A visual history of the American Civil War with over 500 illustrations from the Library of Congress including period drawings, lithographs and woodcuts, photography by Mathew Brady, manuscripts, political and theatrical posters, memoirs, and journal excerpts.

Chronicles the Civil War year by year, discussing battles and other topics and presenting photos, illustrations, and box features, and includes a running time line covering other events during the period.

Presents a collection of over 300 original engravings along with historical narratives and eyewitness accounts of major Civil War battles and battlefields from the artists and journalists who reported the conflict.

Explores the role cavalry soldiers played in the Civil War, profiling some of the cavalry's more famous and lesser-known personalities and recounting the experiences on the battlefield.