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History of the Civil War: The Conflict That Defined the United States
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brooks D Simpson
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Vearsa
- Summary:
- In this account of the bloodiest war fought on American soil, Brooks Simpson recounts the events of the war from the opening salvo at Fort Sumter through the battlefields of Gettysburg and Shiloh to the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House.A History of the Civil War brings to life the realities of the war and the people who lived through it. It explains how the politics around slavery led to an unbridgeable divide between North and South and examines the strategies that led to the Union's eventual victory in 1865.
- ISBN:
- 1-3988-2786-X
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