In colorful, readable prose, this volume provides a full history of the Civil Warâ€"including John Brown\'s ra id; the story of the Confederate States of America; the battles of Bull Run, Antietam, and Gettysburg; Sherman\'s March to the Sea; the Emancipation Proclamation; the Thirteenth Amendment; Lincoln\'s assassination; Reconstruction; and Andrew Johnson\'s impeachment.
But more importantly, it offers a range of essays on how events could have turned out differentlyâ€"militarily, politically, and culturally. It challenges students and general readers alike to remember that the course of history is not preordained. Instead, history is "made " in critical moments of decision by those who choose one course of action over another. Their choicesâ€"and the outcomes of those choicesâ€"could easily have been different.
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