Ordeal of the Union

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Ordeal of the Union, an eight-volume set (published 1947–1971) on the American Civil War by Allan Nevins, is one of the author's greatest works, ending only with his death. The individual books are:

  1. Fruits of Manifest Destiny, 1847-1852
  2. A House Dividing, 1852-1857
  3. Douglas, Buchanan, and Party Chaos, 1857-1859
  4. Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861
  5. The Improvised War, 1861-1862
  6. War Becomes Revolution, 1862-1863
  7. The Organized War, 1863-1864
  8. The Organized War to Victory, 1864-1865

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