Examining firsthand accounts of how people confront and interpret their times, this book discusses the North's beliefs in the preservation of the Union, the forming of the Union Army, and the fighting of the Civil War.
General Note
Includes index.
Includes chronology.
Content Note
Fort Sumter and the outbreak of war; Fighting for the Union cause; In the officer's tent; The black soldier in the northern army; On the home front; Doctoring for the north; Appomattox and victory.