Books like The causes of the American Civil War by Edwin Charles Rozwenc

A comprehensive narrative of the American Civil War, tracing the period from the rising tensions leading to Fort Sumter through the culminating Union victory.

Esther Hill Hawks went south in the 1860s to minister to black Union troops and newly freed slaves both as a teacher and a doctor. She kept a diary and described the South she saw.

James M. McPherson’s *Ordeal by Fire* explores the American Civil War as the pivotal event that preserved the United States and resolved the nation’s fundamental questions of federalism and slavery.

A comprehensive study of the United States Civil War (1861‑1865) that examines its causes, major events, and lasting effects, illustrated with contemporary photographs and illustrations.

"What brought about the Civil War? Leading historian Michael F. Holt offers a disturbingly contemporary answer: partisan politics. In this book, Holt demonstrates that secession and war did not arise from two irreconcilable economies any more than from moral objections to slavery: short-sighted politicians were to blame. Rarely looking beyond the next election, the dominant political parties used the emotionally charged and largely chimerical issue of slavery's extension westward to pursue the election of their candidates and settle political scores, all the while inexorably dragging the nation toward disunion." "Despite the majority opinion (held in both the North and South) that slavery could never flourish in the areas that sparked the most contention from 1845 to 1861 - the Mexican Cession, Oregon, and Kansas - politicians in Washington, especially members of Congress, realized the partisan value of the issue and acted on short-term political calculations with minimal regard for sectional comity. War was the result." "Complete with a brief appendix of excerpted writings by Lincoln and others, The Fate of Their Country openly challenges us to rethink a seminal moment in America's history."--BOOK JACKET.

An in‑depth biography of Ulysses S. Grant, tracing his rise from Ohio roots to leading the Union Army during the Civil War and later serving as President of the United States.

An illustrated history of the American Civil War, drawn from primary documents, art, photographs, and literary excerpts.