"Lincoln’s Peace" examines the difficulty in turning wartime victory into solving the political and social problems that led ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation.

Andrew Fialka and Anderson Carman. Univ. of Georgia, $19.95 trade paper (216p) ISBN 978-0-8203-6955-6 Fialka, a history professor at Middle Tennessee State University, teams up with artist Carman ...

Housekeeping time at the Schuylkill County Historical Society turned up a cache of books that’s delighting Civil War ...

Courtesy: Library of Congress Whitman was forty-two years old when the Civil War started ... offering modest gifts of fruit, candy, books, pencils and paper to the hospitalized soldiers.

This cover image released by Knopf shows “Lincoln’s Peace: The Struggle to End the American Civil War” by Michael Vorenberg ... Vorenberg and Carwardine’s books remind us of the cost ...