The Civil War 1850-1895 - Vol 5 (Annotated ed)

In this volume, the authors and primary documents relate important events of the Civil War era and describe the relevance of these events to US history.

It looks at important writings and moments in American history during the build-up to the Civil War and the war itself, the era of reconstruction, and the Indian Wars that followed.

Chapters include: tension mounts between the north and the south; the Civil War; the reconstruction era; the US and the native Americans battle over land rights; and the gilded age.