The Civil War Era
Subtitle: An Anthology of Sources
Contributors: Lyde Cullen Sizer (Editor); Jim Cullen (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781405106900
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; c 1800 to c 1900; Sources; History - General History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; United States; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); UNITED STATES_HISTORY_CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865_SOURCES; History; Civil War, 1861-1865
First sentence: The American people in 1860 believed that they were the happiest and luckiest people in all the world, and in a way they were right.