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" ... [Draws from] letters, diary entries, speeches, articles, messages and poems to provide an incomparable literary portrait of a nation at war with itself, while illuminating the military and political events that brought the Union to final victory and slavery and secession to their ultimate destruction ..."--Dust jacket flap.

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America's greatest conflict comes to life in this 150th anniversary collection of diaries, letters, and eyewitness accounts that chronicle the first year of the war.

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The Library of America's ambitious four-volume series continues with this entry that traces events from January 1862 to January 1863, an unforgettable portrait of the crucial year that turned a secessionist rebellion into a war of emancipation.

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"This Library of America volume is the third in a four-volume series bringing together memorable and significant writings by participants in the American Civil War."--Page xxiii.