The Civil War: A History in Documents

by Rachel Filene Seidman

Book Overview

The Civil War was not only a stunning event in military history; it defined the American people by forcing them to grapple with the founding principles of the nation. Rachel Seidman brings together an array of primary sources from the antebellum period, the war, and Reconstruction to provide a well-rounded account of this pivotal era. Political debates and military developments may occupy the historical foreground, but it is the letters, diary entries,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195115589
• ISBN13: 9780195115581
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.3" x 10.4"