A collection of biographical sketches that profile the lives of ordinary Americans from colonial times through the Reconstruction.
Slaves , Freedmen , and Wartime Reconstruction For an introduction to this subject , read Clarence L. Mohr , “ Southern ... The impact of loss of mastery on slaveholders is sensitively studied in James L. Roark , Masters Without Slaves ...
U.S. Civil War Hall http://www.warmuseum.net/uscivilwarhall Visitors can take a virtual tour of the U.S. Civil War Hall museum . The Valley of the Shadow : Two Communities in the American Civil War http : // jefferson . village ...
Americans in Conflict: The Civil War and Reconstruction
Publisher description: After the Civil War the president and the Congress had a unique opportunity to restore the Union on the egalitarian principles of the American Revolution.
Examines the Civil War, the period of Reconstruction, and the political careers of Abraham Lincoln, Huey Long, and Lyndon Johnson
To escape the oppression of the Reconstruction in Kentucky, a former Confederate soldier moves his family to Texas unaware of the dangerous cargo he has agreed to move with him.
Dixie After the War: An Exposition of Social Conditions Existing in the South, During the 12 Years Succeeding the Fall...
Author Marsha Ziff highlights the people and events involved in this turbulent period, examining the frustration and the determination of African Americans as they began their journey out of the ruins of slavery and the Civil War toward ...
Text and accompanying photographs examine the period of struggle to fulfill the promise of freedom after the devastation of the Civil War.--
"Howard Fast makes superb use of his material. ... Aside from its social and historical implications, Freedom Road is a high-geared story, told with that peculiar dramatic intensity of which Fast is a master." -- Chicago Daily News