History of the United States, Volume 3

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The third volume of Elisha Benjamin Andrews's sweeping multi-volume history covers the period of deepening national crisis, the Civil War, and Reconstruction. Andrews (1844-1917) brought unique authority to this subject: as a Union soldier, he fought at Petersburg in 1864 where he was severely wounded, losing his left eye. The volume traces sectional tensions from the 1840s through the Compromise of 1850, Bleeding Kansas, and the Lincoln-Douglas debates, before moving into the war years and the painful process of national rebuilding. A historian trained in empirical methods, Andrews balances military detail with analysis of the economic and social forces that drove the conflict.

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