About the Book Books about the American Civil War, discuss the secession of the Confederate States from the Union in 1861, and the subsequent devastating war, that resulted in the deaths of 620,000 Americans by 1865. Our extensive collection of titles in this category include: Abraham Lincoln and the abolition of slavery in the United States, Anglo-American relations, 1861-1865, Campaigns of the Civil War.-IV. The Army Under Pope, As Seen from the Ranks; A Boy in the Civil War, Civil War in West...