A Nation Transformed: How the Civil War Changed America Forever

Called America's second revolution by some historians, the Civil War produced many changes that went far beyond military matters. In many respects, a different nation emerged from the conflict than the one that entered it. Professor William Hesseltine accurately described the war as "the fiery crucible in which the old nation was melted down and out of which modern America was poured." Nothing—from the nature of the presidency to the nature ...