The coming fury.
Series: Centennial history of the Civil War -- v.1
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1961
Place of publication: Garden City, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 565
Subjects: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.; United States -- History -- 1815-1861.
Description: Volume 1: "The coming fury" describes the people and politics, social and economic forces which came together to drive the nation apart, from a political convention in Charleston in 1860 through the first, stunning impact of the Battle of Bull Run.

Volume 2: "Terrible swift sword" traces the personalities and actions leading to the Emancipation Proclamation and the removal of General McClellan from command of the North's principal army.

Volume 3: "Never call retreat" carries the war from Fredericksburg, and through many campaigns to the death of Lincoln and the war's end.