1861-1865

The fifth volume of his multi-volume history of the United States from 1861 to 1874.

Union soldier Elisha Hunt Rhodes chronicles his career in the war.

The story of the Ohioan who became the leader of the Union Army and later the president.

A history of the Civil War examining social, economic, and military aspects of the war and of Reconstruction.

Examines the life of Abraham Lincoln in the context of the spread of slavery in the United States, and discusses his actions as a politician to eliminate slavery with the Emancipation Proclamation.

A collection of speeches and letters of Abraham Lincoln, with brief introductions that provide historical background. Illustrated throughout with black-and-white archival photographs.

Describes the devastation incurred by the Union general's march from Atlanta to Savannah during the Civil War--an act which hastened the Confederate surrender by destroying the South's economic resources.

A thirteen-year-old powdermonkey in the Confederate navy joins the crew of the ironclad Merrimack in a mission to break the Union blockade of Norfolk harbor.

Explores the political factors that shaped each stage of the Civil War. Describes how Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis each managed this crisis and outlines efforts by the South to gain support for their succession. Includes photographs, illustrations, a glossary, and further reading sources.

Examines the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln that gave freedom to all slaves living in territory still held by the Confederacy and provides information on the slave trade, Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Law, Underground Railroad, and the Kansas-Nebraska Act.