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In very good condition - has markings from use - due to differing weights in books, postage maybe adjusted at checkout.At the Gettysburg battlefield Abraham Lincoln said that the Civil War would test whether the American democracy "or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure." During the long years of fighting there were moments when many supporters of the Union doubted that the nation could endure the terrible bloodletting.Yet Lincoln never despaired of the outcome, writes T. Harry Williams, author of this volume of The LIFE History of the United States. Although the President was saddened by the slaughter of America's young men, he was convinced that the Union would survive.At the outset, both North and South thought that the war would be short. The Battle of Bull Run taught them otherwise. Lincoln realized that he needed better generals; the Confederates ruefully admitted that the boys in blue could fight better than Rebel fire-eaters had predicted.T. Harry Williams,, Boyd Professor… Read More