A presentation of the documentary evidence that brings into sharp focus the issues, real or imagined, that divided the Northerners and Southerners in the most serious internal crisis in American history. Contains juxtaposed articles and speeches by men who lived through the struggle with writings by post-war historians who viewed it in retrospect. Includes an Index.

(Key Words: United States Civil War, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln, Bernard DeVoto, James Russell Lowell, John C. Calhoun, Stephen A. Douglas, Horace Greeley, James Truslow Adams, Speeches).