Examines many aspects of the Civil War, including the issue of slavery, secession, the raising of armies, individual battles, the commanders, Northern life, Confederate culture, the surrender of the South, and the aftermath.

Gift of Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Delta Omega Chapter International Honor Society in Education. Includes index.

Long argument -- Slave life -- Election of 1860 -- Underground Railroad -- Secession -- Raising armies -- Everyone's war -- Women at war -- Young and the old -- Outfitting armies -- Bull Run -- Sick and wounded -- Great commanders -- Arming soldiers -- Black volunteers -- Horsemen -- Army camp life -- Field artillery -- Gettysburg -- Siege of Vicksburg -- Northern life -- Confederate culture -- War on the water -- Secret war -- March to the Sea -- Confederacy surrenders -- Fates of two leaders -- Life of freedom -- New era begins -- Index.