1861-1865

Explores the major conflicts, the smaller skirmishes, and the full range of uniforms worn by both sides in the Civil War.

A collection of ninety letters written during the Civil War by Union and Confederate soldiers on the battlefields.

An eighteen-year-old English girl finds her loyalties divided and all her resources tested as she and her friends experience the terrible physical and emotional hardships of the forty-seven day siege of Vicksburg in the spring of 1863.

A nineteen-year-old Union soldier chronicles the last battles of the Civil War.

Presents an overview of the presidency of Abraham Lincoln, explaining the genius of his political savvy, and describes the context in which he assigned a cadre of his fiercest rivals as his closest cabinet advisors.

On cover: With more than 1,000 questions about the people, places, and events that took place between the Blue and the Gray.

Provides a short account of the American Civil War.

Tells the story of the first major conflict between North and South, which also served as an early example of the strategic use of railroads. Includes some of the first war photographs ever taken.

Contains 450 accounts drawn from letters, journals, diaries, memoirs, official records, state papers, and other sources describing all aspects of the war.

Discusses the causes, major events, and aftermath of the Civil War.