TY - BOOK AU - Parish,Peter J ED - Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries) TI - The American Civil War SN - 0841901767 AV - E468 .P27 U1 - 973.7 PY - 1975/// CY - New York PB - Holmes and Meier Publishers KW - United States KW - History KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 692-723) and index; Danger signals -- How the war came -- Crisis of the Union -- Why the war came -- Preparations, predictions and prospects -- Emancipation -- Campaigns of 1863 -- A society at war : the South -- A society at war : the North -- The war and the world -- Oceans, rivers and diplomatic channels -- Campaigns of 1864 -- The politics of war, 1863-1864 -- Reconstruction and re-election : the climax of Lincoln's presidency -- Victory and defeat -- The struggle to win the peace -- The enduring legacy ER -