Library > History & Government > United States > Civil War

The American Civil War Experience

1996
The Blue and the Gray, the bloodiest of all American wars, the Civil War. The photos and graphic images here bring the war to life on the screen and create the feeling of being transported back in time to the early 1860s. Read brief biographies of 23 Northern leaders and 16 Southern leaders and descriptive accounts of 25 of the most significant Civil War battles. Each entry includes a bibliography, useful for doing further research.