Referring to the war that was raging across parts of the American
landscape, Abraham Lincoln told Congress in 1862, "We shall nobly
save, or meanly lose, the last best hope on earth." Lincoln
recognized what was at stake in the American Civil War: not only
freedom for 3.5 million slaves but also survival of self-government
in the last place on earth where it could have the opportunity of
developing freely. Noted historian Steven E. Woodworth tells the
story of what many regard as the defining event in United States
history. While emphasizing the importance of action in the region
between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River in determining
the outcome of the war, Woodworth argues that the Civil War had a
distinct purpose that was understood by most of its participants:
it was primarily a conflict over the issue of slavery. The soldiers
who filled the ranks of the armies on both sides knew what they
were fighting for. The outcome of the war-from its beginnings at
Fort Sumter to the Confederate surrender four years later-was the
result of the decisions that those millions of Americans made.
Written in clear and compelling fashion, This Great Struggle is
their story-and ours.
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