The Civil War and Reconstruction: A Documentary Reader (Uncovering the Past: Documentary Readers in American History)

This new volume deals with two momentous and interrelated events in American history –the American Civil War and Reconstruction–and offers students a collection of essential documentary sources for these periods. Provides students with over 60 documents on the American Civil War and Reconstruction Includes presidential addresses, official reports, songs, poems, and a variety of eyewitness testimony concerning significant events ranging from 1833-1879 Contains an informative introduction focused on the kinds of materials available and how historians use them Each chapter ends with questions designed to help students engage with the material and to highlight key issues of historical debate