Introduction to US History: Civil War Documents the war that transformed America, ending slavery and unifying the nation around the principles of freedom. Examines battles and campaigns, political and religious aspects, experiences of leaders and common soldiers, home front and military campground, from causes to consequences. Provides access to personal narratives and memoirs, pamphlets and political speeches, sermons and songs, regimental histories and photograph albums, legal treatises and children's books, and documents pertaining to Black Troops, the Home Front, Foreign Relations, and William Tecumseh Sherman. Nearly 500 titles totaling about 90,000 pages of text. 1858 to 1911.