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The Civil War book series chronicles in great detail the American Civil War. Published by Time Life Books, the series was simultaneously released in the US and Canada between 1983 and 1987, with subsequent identical reprints in the late 1980s - early 1990s following suit for foreign, though untranslated, dissemination as well.
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Feb 16, 2024 · This book discusses the series of events that led to the secession of the Southern states from the Union and to the start of the Civil War. It includes a map of the Mason-Dixon line, a timeline, glossary, and a list of further reading.
- Xina Lowe
- 2016
- Causes of The Civil War
- Outbreak of The Civil War
- The Civil War in Virginia
- After The Emancipation Proclamation
- Toward A Union Victory
In the mid-19th century, while the United States was experiencing an era of tremendous growth, a fundamental economic difference existed between the country’s northern and southern regions. In the North, manufacturing and industry was well established, and agriculture was mostly limited to small-scale farms, while the South’s economy was based on a...
Even as Lincoln took office in March 1861, Confederate forces threatened the federal-held Fort Sumterin Charleston, South Carolina. On April 12, after Lincoln ordered a fleet to resupply Sumter, Confederate artillery fired the first shots of the Civil War. Sumter’s commander, Major Robert Anderson, surrendered after less than two days of bombardmen...
George B. McClellan—who replaced the aging General Winfield Scott as supreme commander of the Union Army after the first months of the war—was beloved by his troops, but his reluctance to advance frustrated Lincoln. In the spring of 1862, McClellan finally led his Army of the Potomac up the peninsula between the York and James Rivers, capturing Yor...
Lincoln had used the occasion of the Union victory at Antietam to issue a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all enslaved people in the rebellious states after January 1, 1863. He justified his decision as a wartime measure, and did not go so far as to free the enslaved people in the border states loyal to the Union. Still, the Eman...
In March 1864, Lincoln put Grant in supreme command of the Union armies, replacing Halleck. Leaving William Tecumseh Sherman in control in the West, Grant headed to Washington, where he led the Army of the Potomac towards Lee’s troops in northern Virginia. Despite heavy Union casualties in the Battle of the Wildernessand at Spotsylvania (both May 1...
After the Civil War began, the Weekly firmly supported Lincoln and the North. During the war, circulation reached 200,000. In addition to the Civil War, this Harper's Weekly collection covers other events occurring from 1861 to 1865, including the assassination of President Lincoln.
May 21, 2012 · The Civil War : an illustrated guide by Time-Life Books. Publication date ... 1861-1865 -- Indexes, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Art and the ...
Apr 12, 2011 · On the 150-year anniversary of the start of the Civil War, Melissa Block speaks with Harold Holzer, author of several books on the Civil War period, about what newspapers said back then —...
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Jun 13, 2013 · Illustrated atlas of the Civil War with maps of battles and campaigns in the eastern and western theaters, the coast, and the far west
