The American Civil War

Succinct with a brace of original documents following each chapter Christopher J. Olsen''s The American Civil War is the ideal introduction to American history''s most famous and infamous chapter. Covering events from 1850 and the mounting political pressures to split the Union into opposing sections through the four years of bloodshed and waning Confederate fortunes to Lincoln''s assassination and the advent of Reconstruction TheAmerican Civil War covers the entire sectional conflict and at every juncture emphasizes the decisions and circumstances large and small that determined the course of events.