Approximately over 50,000 Confederate and Union soldiers died in prison camps. The book also tells of many instances when brothers faced each other in battle. The Causes of the Civil War . This book specifically is about why the civil war began. The first section of the book presents slavery as the cause of the Civil War.
Slavery is the most commonly known reason as to why the Civil War began.
The next part of the book is about state rights. Many leaders of the Southern states felt that the American Congress was passing too many laws that favored the Northern States and hurt the Southern States. The book also talks about the economic policies of America and how the trade policies hurt the Southern States. The next section is about how the politicians from the Northern States couldn't agree on much with the Southern politicians. The book then goes on to debate the issue of slavery, was it right or wrong.