1865: America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year (Harold Holzer, Sara Vaughn Gabbard - WH) jeff Gottfried’s efforts to study and

Gottfried’s efforts to study and illustrate the major campaigns of the Civil War’s Eastern Theater

Chancellorsville ( where its members mistakenly shot Stonewall Jackson)

Over the past year

Fresh and compelling

Illustrations and Maps by Tim Hartman

1865: America Makes War and Peace in Lincoln’s Final Year (Harold Holzer, Sara Vaughn Gabbard - WH) jeff Gottfried’s efforts to study andIn 1865 Americans faced some of the most important issues in the nations history: the final battles of the Civil War, the struggle to pass the Thirteenth Amendment, the peace process, reconstruction, the role of freed slaves, the tragedy of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, and the trials of the conspirators. In this illuminating collection, prominent historians of nineteenth century America offer insightful overviews of the individuals, events, and