. . "United States" . . . . . . "\" ... Drawn from letters, diaries, speeches, articles, poems, songs, military reports, legal opinions, and memoirs, 'The Civil War: The First Year' brings together over 120 pieces by more than sixty participants to create a unique firsthand narrative of this great historical crisis ...\"--Dust jacket flap."@en . . . "Personal narratives"@en . "Sources"@en . . . . "History"@en . "The Civil War : told by those who lived it"@en . "1861 - 1865" . .