Examines the events and effects of the American Civil War including maps, war leaders, famous battles, and reconstruction.
General Note
"A Byron Preiss Visual Publications, Inc. book."
Content Note
Introduction -- Map of the Civil War -- The origins of the Civil War -- Slavery -- War leaders: Lincoln & Davis -- Fort Sumter -- The first battle of Manassas -- The Anaconda plan -- The brothers' war -- Fort Donelson -- Map of Fort Donelson campaign -- Map of Fort Donelson campaign -- First and second battles of Hampton Roads -- Shiloh -- Paying for the war -- The battle of New Orleans -- The peninsular campaign -- Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah campaign -- The seven days' battles -- The second battle of Manassas -- Antietam -- Emancipation Proclamation -- African Americans at war -- Fredericksburg -- Chancellorsville -- Vicksburg -- Gettysburg -- Map of Gettysburg: Pickett's charge -- Women at war -- Caring for the wounded -- Chickamauga -- Chattanooga -- The home-front battles -- War leaders: Grant & Lee -- The wilderness and Spotsylvania -- Cold harbor -- The battle of Atlanta -- Sherman's march to the sea -- Map of Sherman's Georgia campaign -- The battle of Mobile Bay -- Petersburg -- Andersonville -- Appomattox -- Reconstruction.