The American Civil War: An Alternative View (Continued)
The American Civil War: An Alternative View (Continued)
More Articles and Books on the Civil War
Undeniably Serendipitous Grant (explains why a number of Grant's victories were due to luck)
In Defense of Dark Union: The Secret Web of Profiteers, Politicians, and Booth Conspirators that Led to Lincoln's Death (co-author Leonard Guttridge responds to criticisms of the book)
Southern Democrats Did Not Keep Lincoln Off the Ballot in the South
Otto Eisenschiml, In the Shadow of Lincoln's Death (book)
David Potter, Lincoln and His Party in the Secession Crisis (free book on Internet Archive)
Vindication of General Meade (link to the book Searching for George Gordon Meade: The Forgotten Victor of Gettysburg)
McClellan and the Battle of Rich Mountain: The True History
Otto Eisenschiml, The Hidden Face of the Civil War (free book on Internet Archive)
Why the Civil War Came (free book on Internet Archive; seven essays by different scholars on the coming of the war)
Senator Crittenden Proposes a National Referendum on His Compromise Plan
Senator Crittenden's Speech "Relations of the States"
Lincoln and the South (great article on the Friends of the Lincoln Collection website that presents evidence that Lincoln was not anti-Southern and that he remained friendly toward the South even during and after the war)
Life of Andrew Johnson (free online book; this is a good defense of Johnson's character, career, and presidency)
Impeached: The President Who Almost Lost His Job (free book on Internet Archive; this is a reasonably fair book about Andrew Johnson that presents a lot of favorable information about him that is not found in most other biographies of him)
The Impeachment and Trial of President Andrew Johnson (free online book; this is a detailed defense of Johnson's handling of Reconstruction and a critique of the Radical Republicans' attempt to remove him from office)
Uncomfortable Truths for the Righteous Cause Myth