The Civil War / Ward, Geoffrey C

Documents the history of the Civil War, exploring the causes of the conflict, following the course of the war on the battlefields and in politics, examining the motivations and actions of Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, and other key figures, and following events through Lincoln's assassination.

A history of the Civil War based on the PBS television series "The Civil War," with maps and text that interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through the war, and includes essays by historians of the era.