The American Civil War

A Hands-on History

Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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Author: Christopher J. Olsen ISBN: 9780374707316
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Publication: April 15, 2007
Imprint: Hill and Wang Language: English
Author: Christopher J. Olsen
ISBN: 9780374707316
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication: April 15, 2007
Imprint: Hill and Wang
Language: English

Succinct, with a brace of original documents following each chapter, Christopher J. Olsen's The American Civil War is the ideal introduction to American history's most famous, and infamous, chapter. Covering events from 1850 and the mounting political pressures to split the Union into opposing sections, through the four years of bloodshed and waning Confederate fortunes, to Lincoln's assassination and the advent of Reconstruction, The American Civil War covers the entire sectional conflict and at every juncture emphasizes the decisions and circumstances, large and small, that determined the course of events.

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Succinct, with a brace of original documents following each chapter, Christopher J. Olsen's The American Civil War is the ideal introduction to American history's most famous, and infamous, chapter. Covering events from 1850 and the mounting political pressures to split the Union into opposing sections, through the four years of bloodshed and waning Confederate fortunes, to Lincoln's assassination and the advent of Reconstruction, The American Civil War covers the entire sectional conflict and at every juncture emphasizes the decisions and circumstances, large and small, that determined the course of events.

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