Ordeal of the Union

v. 1. Ordeal of the Union : Fruits of manifest destiny, 1847-1852

v. 2. Ordeal of the Union : A house dividing, 1852-1857

v. 3. The emergence of Lincoln : Douglas, Buchanan and party chaos, 1857-1859

v. 4. The emergence of Lincoln : Prologue to Civil War, 1859-1861

v. 5. The war for the Union : The improvised war, 1861-1862

v. 6. The war for the Union : War becomes revolution, 1862-1863

v. 7. The war for the Union : The organized war, 1863-1864

v. 8. The war for the Union : The organized war to victory, 1864-1865.