1865: America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year (Harold Holzer, Sara Vaughn Gabbard - WH) jeff Illustrations and Maps by Tim

Illustrations and Maps by Tim Hartman

Picking up the story started in the Emerging Civil War Series book A Season of Slaughter: The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

Blackford account "The road was lined on each side by an ill-kept hedge grown-up high

whether his troopers were armed with repeating weapons

1865: America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year (Harold Holzer, Sara Vaughn Gabbard - WH) jeff Illustrations and Maps by TimIn 1865 Americans faced some of the most important issues in the nations history: the final battles of the Civil War, the struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, the peace process, reconstruction, the role of freed slaves, the tragedy of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and the trials of the conspirators. In this illuminating collection, prominent historians of nineteenth century America offer insightful overviews of the individuals, events, and