Ordeal by fire
the Civil War and Reconstruction
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173,500 words, Guess
Page Count
694 pages
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- Open LibraryOL21356925M
- ISBN-139780394312064
- ISBN-100394312066
- OCLC Control Number7652931
- OCLC Control Numberordealbyfirecivi0000mcph
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- Library of Congress Control Number81011832
- LibraryThing72715
- Goodreads5088176
Classifications
- DDC973.7
- LCCE468
Description
The Civil War is the central event in the American historical consciousness. While the Revolution of 1776-1783 created the United States, the Civil War of 1861-1865 preserved this creation from destruction and determined, in large measure, what sort of nation it would be. The war settled two fundamental issues for the United States: whether it was to be a nation with a sovereign national government, or a dissoluble confederation of sovereign states; and whether this nation, born of a declaration that all men are created with an equal right to liberty, was to continue to exist as the largest slaveholding country in the world. The Constitution of 1789 had left these issues unresolved. By 1861 there was no way around them; one way or another, a solution had to be found. - Preface.
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