History of the Civil War 1861-1865

This landmark study of the most traumatic era in American history won a Pulitzer Prize in 1918 for its concise clear-minded survey of the Civil War from political and economic perspectives. From the great factor in the destruction of slavery-the election of Abraham Lincoln as President in 1860-to the twenty thousand men in Wall Street who sang to celebrate the wars end four years later Rhodes a self-taught historian lends a distinctive voice to his retelling of the war. All students of the upheaval and disorder of the period will appreciate this enduring and unusual perspective on it.